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Italy it is.
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Update 1 - Dreams of Spampire
So I start my game back up and begin figuring out what I was doing.. Turns out I was warring with East Francia over Istria and fighting with some Croatian rebels.
My private army is up somewhere in Bavaria chasing around the East Francian armies until they're too small to do much damage. (Private Army? Oh, that's right, my Doge is rich enough that he has his own private army. It's larger than the levies most smaller states can raise. Say hello to 12,000 pikemen, Karling!) After that, I send the army down to supress the Croatian rebels. Don't they know that they should be happy? Living under an oppressive plutocratic republican regime is much better than an oppressive feudal one! Some peasants simply don't know how good they have it. I don't even press them into war half the time!
Anyway, I route the some nine thousand rebels and end the internal war in my realm. In the time that took, the East Francians have rebuilt their levies and begin attacking what I've gained in Istria. Unfortunately for them, they don't have nearly enough men raised to combat my retinues of pikemen. The war ends soon after with the County of Istria becoming de facto Venetian territory.
As a short aside, in Crusader Kings 2, there is de jure and de facto control. To explain the difference, think of it this way - Rome is de jure territory of Italy, that is, it should, by all rights, be controlled by the Kingdom of Italy. However, the King of Italy doesn't control Rome and the people there - the Pope does. The pope has de facto. Control over Rome. In short, de facto control means you actually exert control over a place, whereas de jure control means that you claim to legally own is, as the Kingdom of Italy does Rome.
Anyway, the war with East Francia ending successfully, I look around to see which of my neighbours I can attack - any moment not fighting for more land is time wasted. If I want to conquer as much land as possible, I need to make efficient use of my time. I turn my eyes on Italy, who appears to be distracted fighting a war against a Danish invasion. Sensing their weakness, I decide I'll take the city of Ravenna. This will be a perfectly legitimate reason to go to war - I have a trade post in Ravenna, and thus a significant interest in the goings on in the city. The only way to protect my trade is to place the city under the control of their true ruler - me.
As soon as I declare war, Hank sends a token army to occupy my troops. They are easily defeated, and the war ends without a hitch. Hank was too busy fighting the Norse invaders - I'm not sure which Karling kingdom was attacked, but once one gets attacked, most of the others join the war to defend their kin. After all - the only ones who should be allowed to fight over Karling land should be Karlings! (And Venetians, of course.)
With my armies already in Italy, I march south and attack the County of Capua. They're a tiny state, with no allies, and they fall quickly. However, while sieging the county, word reaches the capital - the Byzantine Zedpire has declared war on our Most Serene Republic to take a county in Serbia! The Byzantines claim that the county is "rightfully a part of the Zedpire" - hah!
Normally a war with Zed wouldn't be a cause for alarm - the last few wars had all ended with resounding Venetian victories. But with the Doge's personal army all the way in Italy, the Venetians wouldn't be able to send in a force to defend their land in time!
Luckily, I apparently had married one of the King of Hungary's sons to one of my progeny. I was able to call upon this marital alliance for their aid!
King Linutika of Hungary was a recent convert to Catholicism - he was no doubt eager to prove to Christendom that he was a pious follower of Christ, one who would heed the calls of his their allies. King Linutika prepared a grand host, gathering over 30,000 magayrs to fight the Zedpire. They bought the Venetian Republic the time to move their forces to the Balakans.
The Magayrs held the Zedpire's Themas at bay for several months. They outnumbered the Zedpire, but the Byzantines had superiors training and technology. While fighting near the border of Venice and Byzantium, the Hungarian Army faced a devastating defeat, which caused to them to effectively drop out of the war. Luckily, by that time, my pikemen had shown up on the scene and began to beat back the Byzantine armies. The Byzantine's eventually accepted a White Peace - nothing gained, nothing lost.
After having dealt with the Byzantine threat, I found a letter from the husband of a Croatian Duchess. He claimed that he had been wrongfully deprives of a Duchy in the Kingdom of Bulgaria, and that he would gladly pledge his allegiance to Venice should the Doge press his claim. So we did. The war was going without problems, when suddenly, news reached us that the pagans were on the move...
The Cumans, perhaps smelling the weakness of Hungary after their embarrassing defeat by Zed on the fields of battle, was invading the Magayr Kingdom! King Linutika was requesting Venice to join in the War, protecting them as they had protected us. Not wanting to appear weak, I did so. Unable to effectively fight on two fronts (Or one, very large front, depending on your perspective), Venice raised its Croatians levies While not as strong as Venice's professional Pikeman Army, they were able to keep the Cumans at bay.
And that was about ten years of gameplay.
Here's what the world looks like:
To gloss over the more interesting changes:
Iberia: The Umayyad Dynasty died or (Or maybe was driven from power?), and their massive Sultanate broke up. The Mubarakid family tried to take control of the Sultanate, but the majority of the Iberian Emirates have declared their Independence. Asturias remains united - could this be the chance for the Spaniards to have their Reconquista?
Brittany: Formerly ruled by converted Norsemen, the rulers off Brittany (Formerly Bretagne) have adopted the local customs - speaking French, they call themselves Normans. They seem to have expanded slightly south into the power vacuum left by the Umayyad's demise.
Britain: Scotland has unified its de jure lands and looks to be taking an interest in Ireland. England, on the other time, has pushed north, and has brought the Northern Earls into their Kingdom. The Norse appear to have lost the British isles, and seem to have little chance of getting them back. Wales and Cornwall are around, too, btw.
Scandinavia: Denmark has made a few territorial gains, and not controls the frigid Northern parts of the peninsula. In addition to that, the Danes seem to be taking land in Estonia and Lithuania.
Middle-East: The Abbasids have reunited the area, quelling the rebellious Arab states that declines to exist under their Divine Rule. The Byzantine Zedpire has lost no ground in the East, and is actually eating into the Kingdom of Georgia in the Caucuses.
Russia: The Cumans are still going strong, and are slowly annexing the other Siberian states. The Kingdom of Rus formed, though, and they may form an effective block against Cuman expansion.
Karlings: I think Italy's king died, and now Italy lost almost all its northern lands. Aside from Brabant and a few outlying cities, Lotharingia is no longer under Italian rule. The Kingdom of Lotharingia itself has reemerged, controlling the Netherlands and Burgundy. The Kingdom of East Francia is still huge, but I just found a solution.
My Grandson has a claim on the East Francian throne. Of course, I intend to press this claim and put him on the throne.. And to place East Francia under the control of Venice.
To have a Kingdom as a vassal, however, I'll need be an emperor.. While, until now, Emperor has been a title reserved only for the rulers of Rome, perhaps it is time for a new kind of Caesar. Perhaps it is time to declare Venice an Imperial Republic.
And thus, the Principality of Venice was born. Long Live the Grand Prince!
We'll unite with them Irish and take England.
Long live Scotland!
Quote of the Day: "No man of woman born should ever be allowed to refer to himself as a "principal" unless the motherfucker had suplexed a deer. - Some spoony bard."
My name, good sir or madam, is Sir Beowulf The Third, Esquire, I expect you to call me as so.
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My name, good sir or madam, is Sir Beowulf The Third, Esquire, I expect you to call me as so.
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Update 2 - To Kingdom Come
So, a lot has happened.
A lot of land was gained. Let me give you the blow by blow.
So, my Grandson set off on an adventure to capture the throne of Germany for himself. I admired his ambition greatly, and would have loved to add Germany to Venice's holdings.. so I declared war on East Francia for their throne. That was all well and good, up until I realized that, for some reason, declaring war for my Grandson caused me to go to war with him. Apparently since we were both competing over the same goal we were hostile to each other!
So while my pikemen occupied Germany, I had my Grandson's host sitting in Venice, slowly sieging the capital and draining my income. Ungrateful brat.
Eventually I captured enough of Germany to make them give the throne over to my Grandson.. Except he didn't get all of Gremany. He got that weird collection of land you see over there enclosed by Bavaria. Talk about super strange.
I was slightly miffed that I didn't make nearly as much territorial gains as I had hoped to gain from taking Germany.. So I took my frustrations out on Zedpire. I declared a war for a duchy, and took it handily. Zed's armies then declared a retaliatory war, but it was to no avail.
Around this time I was starting to figure out a good tactic for gaining land. Before now, I was just conquering cities and single counties, making tiny gains with each war.. I realize now, that if I pressed claims on duchies or even kingdoms, I could gain massive amounts of land in one war!
To test out my new game plan, I found some random Bulgarian who claimed to be the rightful ruler of half of Bulgaria. The man was a little bizzare, but he was just who I needed - I declared war on Bulgaria, taking a duchy, and then on Cumania, taking another duchy (Which was apparently an exclave from the main Khanate. I don't know how they got that.). Both those wars went by very quickly and I gained at least 10 provinces - this was definitely the way to go.
Then it hit me - why claim duchies when I could claim entire Kingdoms? I could take dozens of provinces in one war!
In quick succession, I planted kings on the thrones of Bulgaria, Hungary, and Moravia.. the Republic gained more land in 10 years than it had gained in the last 100!
This lead to a bit of internal strife.. With so many vassals now, they're fighting amongst themselves to see who gets to be King. It doesn't matter much - as long as that King is loyal to the Republic, they can fight over titles all they want.
Now it's only a matter of time before I find the right claimant and take all of Catholic Europe.. This world conquest may go well after all!
To update on other goings on in the world:
Asturias has somehow inherrited France. No, seriously. They've also made some gains into Muslim Iberia.
The Mubarakid Sultanate, the successors to the Umayyads, have reconquered the rebelious Emirates. They lost most of their land in France to Asturias, though.
The Karlings are split between Bavaria, Italy, Lotharingia and Burgundy now. Bavaria and Italy are the real big players, though.
England and Scotland haven't really changed.. at all. Though Wales has conquered a sizable chunk of Ireland.
Denmark has expanded a bit.. They've taken more of Northern Scandinavia and more of Lithuania-Estonia. Sweden, however, has emerged as another major player in the region. They should serve as a balance against the Danes.. Or maybe they'll be Dervish's good allies? Either way, the Norsemen are dominating the North.
Rus shattered and is no more
Aside from my little conquest in Cumania, not much has changed with them. For a while their Khan wasn't right in the head and so nothing happened.
In the Middle east, a new Sultanate has formed - the Ghazis. I think the Abbasid dynasty grew too decadent and there was an uprising. The Abbasids now only control Mesopotamia, while the Ghazis control Arabia. Shia Islam has emerged, and is trying to survive amongst the chaos. Also, a proto-persian state has formed in the far east, with a Sunni Shah at its head.
The Kingdom of Pommerania, controlling what would be Germany's northern shorelines, has emerged as a large player, too.
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A 727 was approaching Ketchikan, Alaska, high and fast. Despite several warnings from the copilot, the captain elected to continue the visual approach. The airplane landed long and fast on the slush-covered runway, and the captain quickly deployed the spoilers and thrust reversers and applied maximum braking. Then, when it appeared they would not be able to stop the airplane before reaching the end of the runway, the captain said, "We're going around!" He attempted to stow the thrust reversers and shoved the thrust levers forward. It soon became apparent the engines would not come out of reverse thrust, so the captain reverted to trying to stop the airplane, but by then it was too late, and the airplane crashed into a ravine off the end of the runway, resulting in one passenger fatality. The National Transportation Safety Board determined that the airplane should have been able to stop on the runway even with the higher-than-normal landing speed if the pilot had not tried to abort the landing. Company procedures specified that an airplane is committed to a full-stop landing after the thrust reversers are deployed, and warned that attempts to rapidly stow the reversers and add power often result in failure of the reversers to stow properly.
A missionary pilot on base leg to a very short landing strip located on the side of a valley at almost 6,000 feet elevation was blinded by the rising sun. As he turned onto the short final approach, he realized he was higher than specified on the strip chart. Rather than simply turning back down the valley at the specified missed approach point on the chart, beyond which he was committed to land, he began doing an S-turn on final to try to lose altitude. When he realized he was still too high and saw that there were people gathered at the far end of the runway, he decided to go around, even though he was far beyond the point where he was committed to land. The airplane crashed into a banana tree, but the pilot and passengers only suffered minor injuries. Missionary organizations stress that a go-around is usually not possible past the go-around point.
The pilot of a CE-501 SP flew the ILS to Runway 04 at North Bend, Oregon, and landed on the wet runway with a gusty tailwind. Water on the runway caused hydroplaning, so the pilot decided to abort the landing. The airplane struck five localizer antennas, but the pilot was able to return for a landing on Runway 13.
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Taking his cue from such profusely talented dancer/choreographer-turned-directors as
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, former Broadway hoofer
Rob Marshall
made a scintillating leap into film with his directorial debut
Born in Wisconsin and raised in Pittsburgh,
began his professional career at age 12 when he joined a local musical theater company. Though he took time off from college to join a touring company of the 1970s Broadway smash A Chorus Line,
returned to school and earned a degree from Carnegie Mellon University's musical theater program. Leaving Pittsburgh after school, he moved to New York City in the early '80s to join the ranks of Broadway "gypsies" vying for a place in the chorus.
sang and danced in several Broadway shows, and worked his way up behind the scenes from dance captain to assistant choreographer.
, however, suffered an injury while dancing in Cats; he subsequently decided to quit performing to concentrate on choreography. He earned his first credit as a Broadway choreographer with the musical version of Kiss of the Spider Woman in 1993. Working steadily in the theater throughout the 1990s,
subsequently choreographed the Broadway revival of Damn Yankees, and took on double duties as choreographer and director of Little Me, Company, Victor/Victoria, and the Los Angeles stage revival of
's 1975 musical Chicago before it moved to New York in 1996.
learned to choreograph for motion pictures when executive producers
Craig Zadan
Neil Meron
hired him to create the dances for the TV musical version of
(1997). Impressed with his work,
hired him to direct and choreograph the TV adaptation of
(1999), which went on to become the most popular TV movie of 1999.
topped off his Broadway career when he choreographed and co-directed with
Sam Mendes
the wildly successful 1998 revival of Cabaret. With his sterling Broadway pedigree as well as his TV experience,
was called by Miramax in 2000 to discuss a film version of Rent. Knowing that Miramax head honcho
Harvey Weinstein
had long desired to make a movie of Chicago, and that such big names as
Goldie Hawn
, and
Nicholas Hytner
had already come and gone from the project,
instead pitched
his idea for how to make Chicago's vaudeville stage structure work for film. With
's blessing,
tapped screenwriter
Bill Condon
to transform
John Kander
Fred Ebb
, and
's saucy musical numbers into stylized, stage-bound figments of murderess and wannabe starlet Roxie Hart's imagination. Over a rigorous rehearsal period,
and his team made sure that the cast, including neophyte chorine
Renee Zellweger
and musical theater veterans
Richard Gere
Catherine Zeta-Jones
, could do all of their own singing and dancing onscreen. As his Cabaret predecessor,
, had when adapting that show into an Oscar-winning film,
for the screen as well, creating dances that evoked the sinuous spirit of
's sexy 1975 choreography without slavishly copying it. After two decades in development,
finally opened to rave reviews for its electrifying performances, witty script, and
's giddy, sharp direction. A prize winner as well as crowd pleaser,
garnered Golden Globes for
, and Best Picture (musical or comedy), while
earned a Director's Guild nomination for his first feature.
In the years to come, Marshall would continue to direct major features, with variable success. In addition to movies like Nine and Memoirs of a Geisha, Marshall directed hits like Pirates of the Caribbean: On Stranger Tides. ~ Lucia Bozzola, Rovi
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The concert film Tony Bennett: An American Classic serves as a video accompaniment and companion piece to the legendary crooner's 2006 album of the same title. On that LP, Bennett duets on a series of pop standards, with nineteen of the world's top rock and pop artists. In the film version - originally produced and aired on NBC - Bennett teams up with many of the same guests, including Christina Aguilera, k.d. Lang, Stevie Wonder, Chris Botti, Elton John, Juanes, John Legend, Barbra Streisand and Diana Krall, to celebrate his own 80th birthday. Rob Marshall, the helmer of Chicago, directs. Tracks include: "Smile" with Streisand, "Sing, You Sinners" with Legend, "Because of You" with Lang and Botti, "The Best is Yet to Come" with Krall, "The Shadow of Your Smile" with Juanes, "Rags to Riches with John, "Just in Time" with Michael Buble, "For Once in My Life" with Wonder and "Steppin' Out" with Aguilera. Bennett then performs his standard closer, the seminal "I Left My Heart in San Francisco," as a solo number. Throughout, Marshall and his collaborators re-create, via elaborate onstage production design, classic settings from various periods in Bennett's life and career, including the 52nd Street Swing Club, one of the earlier incarnations of Columbia's recording studio, Carnegie Hall, the stage of the 'Rat Pack,' the set of Bennett's infamous MTV Unplugged performance in the early nineties, and much, much more. As these settings magically come to life on stage, such celebrities as Catherine Zeta-Jones, Billy Crystal, Robert de Niro, John Travolta and Bruce Willis, recount the tale of Bennett's life, career and musical journey, and their narration is interwoven with the musical performances by Bennett and his fellow vocalists. ~ Nathan Southern, Rovi
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This film, based on the novel by Arthur Golden, unfolds from the perspective of Chiyo (Zhang Ziyi), a girl who, at the age of nine, is sold to a geisha house in Kyoto in the early 1930s. Here, she learns that becoming a geisha can be the single path to wealth and independence for a woman. The head geisha of her house, however, Hatsumomo (Gong Li), is bitterly jealous of Chiyo and abuses her at every opportunity. Eventually Chiyo is taken under the wing of Hatsumomo's rival, Mameha (Michelle Yeoh), by far the most famous and successful geisha in their district. Under Mameha's tutelage, Chiyo becomes Sayuri, the most legendary geisha in the nation, skilled in all areas, from conversation to dance, and sought after by seemingly every man alive...except for the one whom she has secretly longed for since she began her training, The Chairman (Ken Watanabe) -- a man who showed her kindness at a time when her view of the world had turned the most bleak. Now as World War II approaches, Japan stands at the brink of a new era and Sayuri must confront the possibility that history will leave all that she has worked for behind. ~ Cammila Collar, Rovi
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What if....
The tornadoes are due to Obama's EPA measures that have caused the atmosphere to change?
What if the burning of coal and oil has kept the atmosphere stable in the past?
Are there any scientists among us that might know the answer?
If there was any truth in this then WOW!!!!
Do you know any people in the scientific field that could come up with an answer to this question?
its the hot air mass coming from his mouth meeting the cold shoulder of real americans
Danny, this discussion would be more appropriate on another area of TPN.
Um, what? I thought you were going to say that Obama was doing something with HAARP. That would have been interesting, but oh, well. The short answer is that there have always been tornadoes wherever you have a dry, warm air mass clash with a cold front. The earth's climate changes happen naturally. Back when the dinosaurs walked the earth, the scientists estimate the earth was 20 degrees warmer and more humid than it is now - it would be unbearable to us, but was great for dinosaurs. Thing is, there were no SUVs or coal-gen power plants back then, just a lot of dinosaurs.
Interesting side note: Most dinosaurs ate plants and vegetables. Maybe the rise in global temperature today is directly related to the increasing number of vegans. Vegans blame the sheer number of cows for adding to the accumulated greenhouse gases (methane), but no, I think it's the militant vegans and PETA people. Everytime they open their mouths, hot air and noxious gases pour forth. 'Nuff said.
Oh, and to bring this thread back on-topic - Go Rick!
Please explain how the HAARP connection could have possibly caused this to happen.
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By Drew Decker in Culture, Funny, SoftLayer**Cough, cough, sniffle, sniffle, hack hack**
These are the famous noises that come from the NOC every so often. I swore and swore that I wouldn't get sick. To be honest, there was something going around about four months ago, and I was just about the only one that didn't get sick, and I was King-of-the-NOC!
Not this time.
Emails were sent out — "Clean your workstations — wash your hands — don't throw your used Kleenex tissues at other NOC personnel — and for the love of God, don't get sick". Oops. So, one by one, each NOC technician started getting sick. One down, two down, three down…
Then it hit me.
You know how it starts, don't act dumb. It all starts with that sore throat, that isn't that sore, but makes you wonder if you're getting sick, and everything ends up becoming a psychological battle of "do's and don'ts" to get better, before you get any worse. It never works. You start feeling that sore throat, which gets worse as every hour goes by, as you start overdosing on Vitamin C drops/pills. Then you think, "I don't just need Vitamin C, right!?" So, then you did around the infamous Softlayer NOC Pharmacy, and start overdosing on off-brand multivitamin, Centrum wanna-be's**.
Things get worse.
So, by the end of the shift, your throat feels like it's on fire. You have to make a Wal-Mart run at 12am in the morning (depending on your shift), and you buy every little piece of medicine you think you might need to make life better while you are…Sick.
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That's right, folks. We have vitamin gumballs, and they are GROSS! The pink one is okay, probably the best out of them all, but it still taste like rubber. Ugh. Now, as for the Airborne Formula, I just don't trust it. I mean, people say it's GREAT, however, I need proof. I mean, come on, it was created by a second grade teacher. Was this teacher a doctor before he/she decided to actually teach kids multiplication? Think people. Think.
Overall, most of us in the NOC got sick, including me. I'm just now getting over this, while I still fight off a tickle cough, but I'm sure this will never be the end. So folks, keep taking that Vitamin C and that Centrum wanna-be, and don't get sick. I'm sure next time I'm NOC gonna get sick!
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Black Angus Steakhouse - Northridge
Online Reservations
We have been going to Black Angus since it opened in the early '80's. I has been fairly consistent in providing good food and an overall good experience at a fair price. This time we used a coupon that called for 1 appetizer, a steak entrée for each person with choice of 2 sides (we like the loaded baked potato and wedge salad) and choice of 1 of several desserts. We usually leave with a large doggie bag. It was delicious at the time and a delicious meal at home. With the coupon, $40. Wine list is scant but there are some ok choices priced in the mid-$20s.
The good was good, the service was awesome. Everyone was very nice and served us very fast.
You always know what to expect. Varied mnu. Good food and service.
Yes, . . A Good Coupon - Special. You get a feast for $20.00 per person - hors d'oeuvre / appetizer, entrees and dessert - - WOW, I'm stuffed.
Good food consistently. Great service. Comfy. Skip the Peach Upsidedown Cake
We love dining at Black Angus restaurant. Their food is consistently excellent. Booths are comfortable, and afford quiet and privacy to guests. Salads are always fresh, salmon and chicken are delicious. Love the broccoli with shaved Parmesan. Keep up the good work!
It was a pleasure having dinner in a restaurant where you could actually hear the other person at your table. The use of carpet and fabrics in this restaurant absorbs the noise and makes for a very pleasant experience
The portions here were perfect! Unlike other steakhouses which seem to believe that "gigantic" portions are the new normal, here everything was in perfect balance, cooked perfectly.
Yeah! Diane is back. She takes good care of my husband and myself. Everything was wonderful as always.
For the very first time in I don't know how many visits to this restaurant my wife did not enjoy her Sirloin steak, my Rib Eye was perfect, we will return as I'm sure this was just one of those unexpected time the food was not 100%
Our family got to enjoy a wonderful dinner together at Black Angus and everyone had a great time! This was mostly due to the fact that our server was very good and kept our table well served without us even noticing at times, while being very helpful and sociable the rest of the time. We were very impressed with her. Thanks Hannah! The food was very good and our drinks were just what we wanted. We had made a reservation and arrived 20 minutes early but were seated within 15 minutes so that was just another plus (on a Saturday night even)! We had a great experience and would definitely recommend this place to anyone!
Another great meal. Got to watch the ball game. Great place and value.
My wife & I are seniors and usually split a meal. Their meals are good and enough for both of us.
We (wife and I) enjoy eating here. We request a booth off the center area. We order: 16 oz Guiness Draft each (Yummy) Fully loaded potato soup each Shrimp and Steak with fully loaded baked potato Shrimp and Roast Beef with fully loaded baked potato We eat the Guiness, soup, half of the Baked Potato and all of the Shrimp - take the meat and baked potato home for dinner with a vegetable the next night. No dessert. Wonderful! Every time and time again.
This is a good place to meet friends for lunch or dinner. We always use whatever coupons are advertised.
Watch for the specials. In our case the Campfire coupon offers an appetizer (we had a shrimp cocktail), two entrees ( I had the prime rib and my spouse had rib eye), two sides (we both had the salad wedge and loaded baked potato) and choice of desert (we had the Big Mountain chocolate cake) for $39.95. The food is consistent and the staff very friendly. .
Took my boyfriend on a date. The service was amazing. They sure did earn that nice tip I left afterwards. Bonus being the food.
We love this place. Food is always perfect! It's kid friendly and great ambiance.
My wife of 62 is very particular , especially on noise level. The fact we have returned to the Black Angus is an commendation. Our bill with wine and tip was $44.00, a figure at Flemings for one rib eye. A doggie bag provides dinner the next night, amortizing my dinner cost to $11. A bargain.
We go there quite often and rarely have a bad experience.
We went here for the first time and expecting it would be not that crowded. But the place was packed and there was a little despite having our reservation. Our waitress was polite and accommodated all of our cravings. We ordered the campfire feast which we used a coupon $39.99/2 person dinner. Everything came out in descent portions and the steak was cooked right. Overall we enjoyed our dinner.
But, not always! I've been to many a 4-star restaurant across the land where service was poor and the food, tasteless. Queue Black Angus and we shared an enjoyable, HOT, flavorful meal, with a wait staff that was courteous, prompt and efficient. Our server was more than happy to bring us an oven-fresh cookie swathed in ice cream complete with a lit candle to help celebrate the birthday of a member of our dining party!
Waitress was entertaining Food was great except my primerib was too Dry & over cooked Everyone agreed that we would return
A quiet dinner to celebrate my birthday with a couple of friends. Our server, Brandon, was attentive but not intrusive. My filet mignon steak, which I like very well done, was perfect and still tender. The prime rib served medium was as requested and the steak sandwich, while very good, was huge. Food was served hot and all meals arrived together.
We have been visiting here once a week for sometime. We find it friendly, with good food and great service for a very reasonable price. Grab a voucher from the website and it's even better value. It's not fine dining but still worth a visit, you will enjoy you meal and it won't bankrupt you.
Had a nice dinner with neighbors. We live in area and like your specials.
My husband and I enjoyed a campfire feast for two dinner last Saturday night, Sept. 28th. We often go to Black Angus for this deal, but even if there wasn't a deal, we'd still frequent Black Angus. We are never disappointed. The food is always overflowing, and delicious. The service never disappoints and we like the environment. We enjoy this restaurant so much we go a little out of our way. We used to have a Black Angus in our area, but for some reason it closed years ago. So we drive a bit to have good food and service.
They really know how to do a Rib Eye Charred Rare and get it right every time. Not bad for an inexpensive rib eye.
This restaurant is very casual and great for watching sports in its bar. Steaks and prime rib are good as well as the service. We enjoy dining here.
As the title says we keep coming Bach here because it is always good food for a reasonable price and even better if you print out and bring in a coupon from their online website. The staff are always friendly and give good service. It is not fine dinning but as I have mentioned prior the prices are more than fair. The steaks are juicy, we had top Sirloin which had a wonderful flavor.
A couple of friends and I went to Black Angus for a good sit down dinner. I had the steak and lobster, one friend had the salmon dinner and the other had the prime rib. The food was perfectly prepared and the presentation on the plates was very appetizing. Katie was our server and a wonderful job serving our table; she was very friendly and outgoing and made sure we had everything we needed and wanted. From the moment we walked in up to the time we left we had a very enjoyable evening, and we are looking forward to going back soon!
We love the Northridge location.. Been going there for 25 years
Made a reservation online. We were shown to our table as soon as we walked in. Our waitress, Diane, kept us laughing. Food is always good, service was excellent, drinks were plentiful. We were in and out in no time. We love this place! We will definitely be back.
Came in for my mother's birthday. Matt was our server & was more than perfect. Never kept us waiting, except for my father's mojito but that falls on the bar. Quick for refills, dealt with how obnoxious we were. We are a loud family, which kind of made me feel bad because I felt like we were too loud for the place. Food portions are huge - specifically the Campfire feast. All in all a great birthday dinner due to great service. Kudos Matt.
mom came to town for a short visit, so we wanted to go somewhere special. we all enjoyed the quiet ambiance and the food was excellent. as usual.
Food was good. One of the steaks was a little fatty, but not enough to return it. Service was a little slow. It took a long time to serve the appetizers. Overall, a positive dining experience. I would eat here again.
Had the Campfire Special ($39.95) for two and they serve alot of food, so be hungry if you are ordering it. If you go after 7:30 it is pretty quiet and very nice. The bar is never too crowded so happy hour is very happy!
i could go to black angus every week, there's always something good to eat, even if you don't want a steak (i enjoy their salmon the most, but usually choose from fish or chicken entrees). appetizers, sides, and desserts are all delish. excellent drinks from the bar. great place to take the kids too.
Used our coupon for dinner. Thank goodness for reservations as it was packed all night. Restaurant still fairly quiet for a full capacity. So much food with the specials! Can never finish it all. Some portions were barely warm, but all in all a great value for really good food!
Decided to have Thanksgiving dinner at Black Angus and the food was very good and server was prompt and friendly.
Every table has a feeling of privacy. The lighting is perfect for dining. The food is good and reasonably priced. The service is always outstanding. Happy Hour at the bar is the best.
The restaurant was crowded when we arrived, but the servers brought food and drinks quickly. We're just disappointed that the portions of turkey were so small, though everything tasted good.
We went for Thanksgiving after seeing the $18 per plate dinner advertisement. The food was served pretty quickly, and for the most part, tasted good. They ran out of cranberry sauce and there was not much turkey. The pumpkin pie was not good. Atmosphere was excellent and service was also excellent.
The gentleman at the reservation desk was pleasant and told us that the wait would be about 10 minutes, which was fine. Walk ins were being told there was a 3 hour wait! Was seated nicely, waitress was very prompt and pleasant. We never felt rushed. The food (we all got the turkey dinner), was great and we had a fun time. I would recommend Black Angus for all occasions and we love the PrimeRib!
Last year we had a 6pm reservation and we had to wait 15 minutes (still not bad for a holiday!) and there were many people waiting outside. This year we arrived for out 8pm reservation and were seated immediately and there was no line; maybe everyone ate early to go to the Black Friday Sales. Service was prompt and our order was simple - the four of us all had the $16.99 Thanksgiving Dinner which included soup or salad, turkey, stuffing, mashed potatoes, broccoli, sweet potato, cranberry sauce, and pumpkin pie. Everything was delicious. My only complaint was that there were only a couple of pieces of white meat covering the mostly dark meat and stuffing as if they were running out of the white meat.
sending me a text at 12 a.m. Reminding me of my reservation was ridiculous
I always dine at Black Angus when I want excellent food and a nice setting for either a group or just the 2 of us. Service is the best, food rocks and the atmosphere is terriffic :)
We dined there on Thanksgiving and were very impressed! The food was homemade good, bountiful, and beautifully presented. We are visiting from Ohio, and the atmosphere was very festive and homey as well. Definitely recommend you for the whole experience! Keep up the good work! We'll be back. Oh, and we had been there in previous visits as well.
For the second year in a row Black Angus provided a great, fulFILLING experience. This time we brought my son and his two daughters(ages 10 and 8). As busy as they were for Thanksgiving, the staff was well prepared. We arrived 5 minutes late but we were seated within 15 minutes of our reservation time. The server couldn't have been more accommodating . She patiently waited for us to get settled in our booth, took our orders and made some much-appreciated suggestions. The food was served in a timely manner and was well prepared. The portions were a perfect match for our appetites. Prices were reasonable considering the occasion. All in all it turned out to be a Thanksgiving worth repeating. We are looking forward to next year.
We like coming to this Black Angus. We had a great server named Melanie who really made the evening more special. After a long day we really enjoyed the steak combos. They were prepared exactly as we wanted. The cocktails are always excellent and the food was, too.


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In 1919, the German architect Bruno Taut organized the Crystal Chain, a correspondence linking about a dozen utopian architects who delighted in naturally occurring forms such as thrusting geological formations, spirals, billowing clouds of air, cresting waves and mist-producing crystal ca v erns. (Crystals offered a metaphor for the unity of the material and immaterial.) Only a few years later, the anti-utopic "machine aesthetic" that occasioned the Bau haus School's establishment would eclipse Taut's coterie. Despite Bauhaus-founder Wal ter Gropius' claim that one should build in one's imagination, "unconcerned about technical difficulty," the Bauhaus led the more pragmatic march toward functionalism and away from a spiritual architecture that paradoxically required (and inspired) miraculous technological developments.
Paradise-scapes proposed by architects associated with the Crystal Chain were all but forgotten until contemporary ar chitects started disrupting "the box." Extravagant wonders like Frank Gehry's Guggenheim Museum Bilbao and Nationale-Nederlanden office building in Prague attest to technological innovations that have once again sparked architectural imagination. However, as recently as 20 years ago, French architect Claude Parent abandoned his utopic principles due to the "overwhelming difficulty of building an oblique habitat." Parent, whose Woog I proposal from the late '60s bears an uncanny resemblance to several recent Gehry works, stands as one of the first architects to upend the steady box and then actually build it (Villa Drusche,Versailles, 1962-63).
Local polyglot Chloé Ziegler has assembled a diverse array of Parent's drawings, which span his most productive decades, the '60s through the '80s. It is doubtful that Parent knew about the Crystal Chain when he produced these drawings, yet both generations seem ensconced in similar ventures, due in part to their pivotal role as bookends to Modernist architecture (immediate ancestors and heirs to '20s and '30s ideals). Although Parent once described his architecture as "menacing in appearance," his drawings engender joyful jogs that certify his imaginative prowess. Recurring motifs such as elongated waves, spiraling ivy and oblique chunks (reminiscent of crystals) rekindle the potential marvel and dynamism that architecture once sought.
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In contrast to Hendee's human-scale endeavor, Maura Bendett's equally habitable wallworks (at Post earlier this month) transform enchanting reveries into spark ling fairyscapes. "–456° Fahrenheit," the exhibit's title, refers to the temperature at which molecules no longer move. While the title evokes a frozen world, dangling droplets, dripping icicles, springy limbs and wiry antennae ensure a movable feast. Bendett's aesthetic exploration of budding, branching nodules began in 1997 when she built a 21-foot-high papier-mâché stalk for Post's elevator shaft. Since then, seemingly related cuttings have sprouted up all over town. Having explored the cartoonish, she's now approaching the elegance of glass art. When We Were Young (all works 1998-99), the exhibit's larg est treescape, suggests a succulent nursery
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