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What Andy Warhol Did
The defeat was bitter but it is not irremediable. In November of last year Joe Simon-Whelan walked away from his historic lawsuit against the Andy Warhol Foundation and its Art Authentication Board. Simon-Whelan's complaint alleged that the board had denied the authenticity of a Warhol self-portrait in his collection, despite knowing it to be genuine. The case has created enormous interest on both sides of the Atlantic, not least because unlike most controversies over the attribution of works of art, this one is in essence wonderfully clear-cut.


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glomming off "over-rated luxury" food items!?! What "luxury" items have you never tasted but would like to?
1000 year egg
Peking style bear paw
South African antelope biltong
A porterhouse steak at Miss Doe's
I have had many luxury food items. Some I remember, and some I don't. I have had many fish roe. I don't know if I had those from wild sturgeon in the Caspian and Black Seas. If I had, I don't remember and would like to try again. I have had foie gras and love it, but it may not the really expensive one. I may have had truffles, but definitely don't remember, so I like to try again. I have had abalone (fresh or cured), sea cucumber, shark fin, fish maw, swallow nest, and love all of them.
I don't think I have had Ophiocordyceps sinensis, and if I had, I must have forgotten, so I like to try again.
Bear paw maybe something I like to try.
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Ophiocordyceps are not cheap -- the real one anyway. I have never made ophiocordyceps soup, so I want to try and asked for the price. For a small amount, about 6-9 pieces of these:
will cost me about $180 (US).
Well, I suppose swallow nest and Japanese abalone can be expensive, but I feel they are more worthed. Meanwhile, I will decide if I want to pay for the $180 -- especially I have no experience in cooking them.
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i had these last week in hong kong at tin lung heen (michelin 2*, at the top of ICC on the 80th floor or whatever) in a soup.
tasted pretty innocuous. soup was expensive ~$50usd. and i think there were only 2 pieces in it.
they're pretty common in high end cantonese restaurants in hong kong.
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That's a gross lie and you know it. Actually, it's more like the super-imposition of human flesh and fungal infection to the point of being visibly reminiscent of a fungal infection. If you do google image search for slime molds, the first image is this horrifying rash, before you get to the super cute images of slime molds by themselves. Actually, my "favorite" image is now the second picture in the image search for tryptophobia, close up it's readily identifiable as a coral, but without clicking on the picture, it's a gum colored mass of holes...terrifying, especially if you've eczema and imagine everytime you scratch your skin you're scratching away the covering to reveal that mass of pinkish pores. Weirdness, I haz it.
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I've only had the powdered cordyceps in capsule form, and don't think they include the caterpillar parts (or much of them) in the mix. Not sure I'd want to eat the whole thing stir-fried, though. There was an X-Files episode that was very likely based on the cordyceps idea and it skeeved me out.
Ortolan Bunting
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Ah - I would have loved to try Ortolans.... I recall a story Anthony Bordain wrote about eating 'forbidden ortolans' at a secret chef's dinner - I think it was in the intro to 'chef's last meals'....
Gale Green also wrote a great bit about eating Ortolans in her memoir.
Those days are gone.
Morel mushrooms. Have not seen them at any local farmers markets alongside delicious chantrelles. Maybe they're not available on west coast?
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Hank Shaw lives on the west coast, and he finds them. They're also the only sort of mushroom that I'm confident enough to forage for myself, unfortunately I've just moved and I haven't found any in my area. Funny how a couple of miles distance can affect what you find.
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Our favorite restaurant in Reno/Tahoe posted on FB that they'd come into 11# of local, foraged ones and we made a beeline there for lunch yesterday. Had a glorious morel risotto with a little truffle oil to pour over. Afterwards while chatting with the owner and his executive chef, he GAVE me about a dozen/4oz!!!! According to CH pikawicca they retail for $50/#. I'm going to make them last a few days. Had a few just sautéed in butter with a little s&p and a drop or two of Worchestershire sauce. Oh yeah. Here's a picture of my bounty :)
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Al Goldstein (the dirty old publisher of Screw Magazine) once went on a gourmet tour of France, and they were served ortolan. Once he had nis napkin over his head, he said of the dish itself, "I did what any good Jewish boy would do- I put the damn thing in my pocket."
Only funny thing he ever wrote, most likely.
Enjoying foie gras has little to do with liking/hating liver. My wife will cross the street to avoid liver but really enjoys foie gras.
I have had truffles "sprinkled lightly" over things.....meh! I'd love to try several sautéed and see if eating dirt is really worth it.
Vive Cliquot......supposed to be so good...maybe someday.
OTOH, after the Chocolates of Belgium, I don't think I can reach new heights.
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A story. Once when I was in France in the south we went to a very good crossed knives and forks place. I wanted a fish soup- we had come from Marseilles- and the boats had not gon eout for a couple of days because of bad weather.
I read the menu quickly in the low light and saw "bourride" - white fish soup. Yummy. But I got scrambed eggs with truffle- "barrade".
Tell you the truth, I prefer my scrambled eggs with onions and thin sliced salami. So my eggs tasted a bit of truffle. No big deal. Truffles aren't onions.
Nor was the dish (barrade) sided with maslanka even though it was veg.
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you mince or shave the truffles into the raw whisked eggs, and cook together with a lot of butter, very gently, slowly, over low heat. best over a double boiler. it's completely fabulous.
and to Vinnie - you made me google this - i never knew the word for scrambled eggs in french - Brouillade. thanks, learn something new every day!
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Because I had only one small one, I omitted the first part and just did the last. Got two breakfasts out of it that way :) Now that I'm using only pastured eggs, I'd like to try this again. I think the texture as well as the taste would be great.
Uni. Sounds so intriguing.
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Uni -- like most sushi items (tuna and salmon) are frozen upon caught. So, yes, it is about freshness, but not freshness in the sense of straight from the ocean to your table. More like "caught in the sea, frozen right away, bring back to the dock, ship to your local restaurants/stores...."
Chicago, being one of the greatest culinary cities in the USA, should have plenty high end, mid scale sushi restaurants.
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A meal at French Laundry or Per Se. Have wondered if it's all that.
Abalone, specifically red, is probably the only food I have wanted to try and haven't been able to. I blame Island of the Blue Dolphins which was one of my favorite childhood books.
However there are lots of high end meals and/or chef's food I want to try. I have yet to go to French Laundry or Jean George here in the states. If I get back to London I still want to go to Alain Ducasse at The Dorchester and the Fat Duck. I have also read about some amazing meals all over the Far East that would love to try as well. And there is places all over Europe…
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Have you considered ordering them and preparing them yourself? These guys will ship them to you live.
Forgive me Father for I have sinned. I have never had a properly aged, old, vintage Bordeaux. Can I just say a few Hail Mary's and hope one falls into my hands?
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A family friend gave my husband and me a bottle of a St. Emilion Grand Cru for a wedding present a million years ago so I don't remember what Chateau it came from now. With it came strict instructions about how to store and when to drink it. We had it on our fifth anniversary. I wonder whether or not we truly understood the complexity of that wine.
Geoduck or Abalone for sure.
Sweetbreads would be next since I can't find them in a restaurant or grocery store anywhere around Birmingham, AL.
I've had foie gras once and it was amazing. Definitely not overrated in my eyes.
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OMG no, it was pretty bad (though I still ate it, thinking of the poor duck). I mean if that was all I'd had, I'd probably be posting in the over-rated thread about those poor fools who pay through the nose for tiny pieces of foie gras, which isn't even as good as fried chicken liver.
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"...white abalone is officially listed as an endangered species. To protect abalone, strict fishing laws have been enacted. To protect abalone, strict fishing laws have been enacted. For example, laws prohibit commercial abalone fishing, and sport fishermen may take only red abalone—with a limit of three animals per day, and a total of 24 animals a year. " So be careful of which abalone you're getting...
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There are a couple of places farming abalone on the Central Coast, who can sell it and supply it to restaurants. For example:
I've never tasted caviar, but have a morbid desire to. The idea of fish eggs, strikes me as revolted, but I'm still compelled to give 'em a shot. Opportunity has never really knocked, though.
Don't know if artichoke leaves constitute a luxury item, but if so, I'd love to try them with the traditional lemon vinaigrette.
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The difference is very significant. Just want to see what PotateHouse meant when he/she said that artichoke leaves are addictive. Addictive like tobacco leaves? Or more like baby carrots. Anyway, I now know PotatoHouse meant latter.
<If you like them, very addictive. If you don't like them, not addictive at all.>
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Yes. I agree. My original question to PotatoHouse was a very un-assuming one. I wasn't trying to challenge him/her. I really had no idea what the statement means:
"Artichoke leaves are addictive."
I really thought it is like chewing tobacco or something.
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The leaves of the Choke itself. The spiny looking item you see in the produce section. You steam the choke until the leaves are tender (but not soggy). You pull a leaf off and at the base of the leaf is a small bit of "meat" that you dip into clarified butter and scrape off of the leaf with your front teeth. When you are done with all the leaves, what you have left us the heart of the artichoke which is just as yummy!!
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Thanks for your reply. I've never heard them called artichoke leaves before and I thought there may have been some wonderful use for the leaves of the plant that I was unaware of. I don't think I've ever had to use it in a sentence before. I may just say "Want some of this artichoke?" as I tear leaves off and dip in lemon butter. I guess I would have called them "petals".
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Actual artichoke leaves would leave your mouth bloody because of the spines.
Unless of course modern variieties have that bred oout for the farm workers, which wouldn't surprise me
Technically, those things aren't "petals", and I'm pretty sure they're not technically leaves either, but who cares about nomenclature.
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I wouldn't call artichokes a luxury item since I've been eating them all my life. My mother was very adventurous in the kitchen and once she discovered how to cook them we had them regularly. By general consensus the way we liked them best was stuffed and steamed with olive oil, garlic and lemon. The stuffing was nothing more than seasoned fresh breadcrumbs - minced garlic/salt & pepper/olive oil to hold it all together.
Prep the artichoke then pull each leaf slightly away from the body and push a bit of stuffing down inside. Do this all around starting from the top spiraling down inside till the leaves get too small. Then push some stuffing into the center. A shake of sweet paprika on top adds a little color. Stand the artichokes in the pan that's holding the water, etc., drizzle a little oil on top, cover and cook till tender. Buon appetito!
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There's cheap forms of caviar. Caviar can actually be a pretty every-day food in some countries, like the Nordic countries. They'r sold as spreads, mixed in with like mayo or some fat-based sauce, or just smushed together as a paste, often in tubes. Not as good as beluga, obvs, but still has that certain fishy caviar taste that I know people who like caviar love so much.
I can taste that taste, and like, it's really... delicate? deep? I dunno how to describe it, but I can tell what makes it so amazing to some people. But myself, I don't care for that flavor, because ultimately it is a fishy flavor.
Like you, Foie Gras and Beluga Caviar.
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I've had beluga at the Fontainebleau in Quebec. Tiny bursts of shiny black sea jewels in your mouth. Served on ice with toast points, creme fraiche, and minced hard boiled egg yolks. Bits of diced onions too IIRC. But I preferred simply the caviar on small toast. With champagne... I don't remember what the main course was...
i'd like to try Geoduck.
i've had caviar (though not the super expensive stuff) and truffles, foie gras. love it all, none of it is overrated, for me.
re: mariacarmen
MC - when I was a kid, we would go clamming, and sometimes on a super low tide, we would get a geoduck clam in addition to the usual local regular ones. We thought nothing about chopping that sucker up into the chowder with the rest of them (after grossing each other out with it, of course).
Now they mostly go to Japan, and are $75+ per lb, with a huge thriving black market of night-diving-poachers being chased by coast guard and whatever agency handles smuggling. Wacky.
You can order one here http://www.marxfoods.com/Live-Geoduck :)
Couple of Spanish items not mentioned by others that l had had and were wonderful
Angulas-Baby eels
Percerbes-Goose barnacles
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You can get almost anything from Amazon :)
You Hounds have beaten me to it: Ortolans. *Real* Dover Sole. Wild Abalone I had once----like scallops squared---and haven't seen for ages. You can get farmed abalone from Browne Trading, has anybody tried it? P.S. Had *good* caviar once, it was not at all *fishy*. Not overrated at all, just too spendy for me.
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The only thing I ever sent back to a sushi bar was some abalone that I simply couldn't bite through. Seriously. I have no problem with chewy foods, but I could not bite through the abalone. So I haven't ordered it since, but it's been a long time, maybe I'll have to try it again. I'm pretty sure it was wild caught or I'd have been able to bisect it with my teeth. This was back in the '80s, when there was only one sushi bar in Tucson, period. Tokyo Restaurant. I'm so glad it was there then.
Steamed wild humpback grouper (that can go upwards of US$2000 at a high end restaurant in Hong Kong)
A variety of conch in Hong Kong where it can go upwards of a hundred dollars or more per slice at Teochew/Chiu Chow restaurants...
Braised Japanese abalone (dried), the ultra insanely expensive variety in Hong Kong
Bluefin tuna from Oma Prefecture Japan (line caught wild), particularly the cheek meat, and the flesh near the fins, and those exotic specific cuts of toro unheard of outside of Japan.
Japanese ise ebi (spiny lobster)
Japanese Mishima beef
Japanese wild torafugu
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>> Bluefin tuna from Oma Prefecture Japan (line caught wild),
i've had this served at sawa sashimi in sunnyvale, california before. if you call ahead of time, he might be able to procure some for you. good stuff. doubt it was the cheek or fins, though.
>> Japanese wild torafugu
good stuff -- a favorite meal of mine. don't believe the conventional wisdom that it isn't interesting / good.
>> A variety of conch in Hong Kong where it can go upwards of a hundred dollars or more per slice at Teochew/Chiu Chow restaurants...
I tried to order this last time i was at sheung hing 1.5 years ago. they were out :-( since then i learned to suspect i have an allergic reaction to burgundy snails. trying to decide if i should risk it this time, epi-pen in hand! :-)
I am dying to try one of the DeBrand Chocolate Art Boxes. (a box made of chocolate and filled with truffles / assorted chocolates). Just not sure I can justify spending nearly $180 on a box of chocolates!
Has anybody ever tried them? Are they worth it?
Not sure if I've had the meat before, but jamón ibérico wrapped around an oyster, and then an encore presentation sounds fantastic.
I want to try fresh Durian in Southeast Asia eventually. For now I'm stuck in NJ/NYC buying the frozen, shipped, generic Thai types for sale here
ooh, and fresh mangosteen
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Nope, frozen and shipped over here. I can buy them all year round actually, here in New Jersey, but just in case, I make a point of only buying them in Summer in Chinatown NYC where they're hung in the fruit stalls, in the net bags, with the blue deer head logos. I know they've already been frozen, but they (the fruit shop people or whoevere) maybe do a beter job of thawing it than I would, or maybe at the facility in Thailand they flash-freeze them in a way that my local Hmarts don't... I dunno, but that's how I buy it just in case.
I just can't wait to go to Singapore or Malaysia one day and try it fresh. I want a sweet, strongly colored variety. I'll spend big bucks to get good ones. And I'll be in heaven.
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I lived in Singapore and have had fresh durian. It tasted like sweet soap to me--not horrible, but not something I would go out of my way for. However, there certainly are many people who march to the beat of a different drummer. Some people in Singapore just swoon over this fruit.
Luxury foods can be wonderful, but I find often that they are just rare, and fine, but not necessarily better than the things I can afford to eat regularly. I love foie gras, and that is sort of unique. Pour some brandy into chicken livers though, and I am in heaven. I have had oestra caviar, and it was really good but honestly I like salmon roe better. I like fresh oysters, and since I have to fly to the coast to get really good ones, I guess that counts as super expensive. I wish some smart person would figure out how to grow tasty truffles in the US. That's a taste that can't really be duplicated by anything else. Now, ask me about porridge, I am an aficionado. The only abalone I ever had was fried by my great aunt in CA, and it was a tough little item.
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Here ya go! I'm pretty sure that this is the site where mmruth (famed CH with the most discriminating taste) has bought them. More than once. I tried to find where she talked about it but didn't.
Some high grade Matsutake mushrooms from Japan. $2000 a kilo though, yikes.
I have had truffles ( even owned one for my birthday)
uni several diferent ways ( thank you Uchiko)
foire gras -amazing( thank you uchiko)
butter poached lobster meh
bear- a friend sent me some from ALaska for our bigfoot party
we use saffron like basil at our house
kobe beef has ruined me for life for any steak
Birds nest soup was interesting but not life changing
I want to eat a grilled cheese sandwich at the top of the effiel tower
I want to eat a hot dog at shea stadium
I want to make pancakes on an cast iron skillet at the bottom of the grand canyon
I want clean and cook a salmon over an open fire in Alaska
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I'd kinda wondered about that sandwich. This sounds lovely :)
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E! says that "multiple sources" have confirmed that Blue Ivy is going to have a little brother or sister. The Internet has been abuzz since only a few days ago, when the New York Post asserted that Bey was expecting, courtesy of their own "exclusive sources." Baby-watchers have been pointing to a blue, sequined jumpsuit she recently wore on stage during her "Mrs. Carter Show World Tour" that emphasized her lower half.
Fanning the flames was an interview Beyonce gave last Monday to Good Morning America, during which she said, "I would like more children. I think my daughter needs some company. I definitely love being a big sister..." adding, "at some point, when it's supposed to happen."
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Edina >Restaurants >
Italian >Arezzo Ristorante
5057 France Ave, Edina, MN | Directions 5541044.910841 -93.328935
Mon-Thu 11:30am-3pm, 5pm-9pm
Fri-Sat 11:30am-3pm, 5pm-10pm
Sun 5pm-9pm
Our horrible experience started at the door. We made a reservation but the people who arrived after us who did NOT have a reservation (we overheard them say) were seated before us. The hostess then told us that it was their 12th anniversary party and they had $12 bottles of wine. However, when our server came she stated that because we had a Groupon we could not use it. A Groupon is, in essence, a gift card...so because we had a gift card we could not use it??? Horrible. We ordered a bottle of wine anyway only to wait 10+ minutes for it. Then, we ordered our food which came quickly (only positive) but my dish was horrible. Not even something I could stomach...I could not eat another bite. My husband's was mediocre. Now the worst part? Our server did not come back for 20+ minutes. Our water glass stayed empty and she did not come back once to ask if we needed anything. On top of that, she smelled SO strongly of perfume it was nauseating. Just HORRIBLE.
Our new favorite Italian – My father was in town and my wife and I needed to take him and my aunt and uncle to a nice quiet place. This was it! Our server, Zorida, was so nice and helpful. My dad had a lot of questions about the menu and she knew it all! The food was great- the guys had pizzas and the girls had pastas- all were clean plates. My wife embarrassed me to announce it was my birthday and next thing I knew I was getting a giant piece of some of the best tiramasu ever! I can't wait to go back when it is just my wife and I- it seems like a great romantic date spot!
Great food and fantastic service! – I went into Arezzo for the first time this evening with my husband for our anniversary. The food was amazing! I had had the gnocchi, super light and fluffy the way it should be, probably the best I've ever had. My husband had the fish special which was cooked to perfection and very tasty. The atmosphere was really nice and romantic. Our waitress was very friendly and helpful and made fantastic suggestions for us. This was our 10 year anniversary and I can't imagine it being more special. We had a great time! Thank you!
Disappointing – Oh, how I wish I loved this restaurant. Great location, reasonably nice ambiance. The food is pretty tasty - nothing out of this world, and certainly not as good as Broders down the street. Service, in a word, stinks. Expect to wait 45 minutes for your food (even when seated early with about 4 other tables in use). Don't expect to see your waiter the entire meal - unless you flag them down in desperation. Don't count on refilled water or soda glasses. In fact, just plan on being ignored and over-charged for pleasant tasting food. The icing on the cake was when they "boxed" some left-over pizza by throwing it upside down haphazardly in a styro container. Seriously? Ugh. I'll take Macaroni Grill over this place (and that's saying a lot).
We are very sorry to hear about your experience. Please respond to my email address so we can make it up to you. We have been voted by users as the Best Italian Restaurant in the Twin Cities and we truly want you to think this as well! You deserve better and we will make it up to you.
Great Atmosphere. Excellent Service. Best Pizza Ever. – My wife and I just went to Arezzo for a late lunch today. We had heard good things, and I've got to say, it was even better than the hype. The atmosphere was welcoming and romantic, and given the time, not many people were there.
We split the arugula prosciutto pizza and a stuffed chicken dish (both specials). The chicken was fantastic, perfectly done and very flavorful, but the pizza was probably the best we've ever had--and we've had pizza in Venice, Florence, and Rome (and Pizza Lola--now our 2nd favorite Minneapolis pizza).
Both of us used to wait tables, so we're very sensitive to service, and the service at Arezzo was excellent. I can't wait to go back and try some of the homemade pasta I've heard so much about. I think we may have found a new favorite restaurant!
Nice Atmosphere...Average Food – We dined at Arrezo on Saturday. We were disappointed with the quality of the food. While the atmosphere was nice, the place was busy and our waiter was good, we were surprised by the quality of the pasta based on the reviews we'd read. We didn't order appetizers choosing instead to have the flat bread with olive oil. It was good with the bread having a good flavor. I ordered the penne with tomtao and garlic sauce and added chicken. Boy was I disappointed! Prego has much better flavor than what I ordered! My wife ordered the tagliatelle with chicken and pine nuts. While the dish had a good flavor, there weren't any pine nuts to be found. Overall, while the atmosphere was good, the food was average.
Excellent Food. Excellent Atmosphere! – Although this restaurant is small, it packs a loud taste punch.
Walking into this restaurant, one is greeted by a cozy Euro atmosphere.
Greeted and seated fairly quickly (be sure to get reservations, they are packed sometimes) the people are warm and have an "intercontinental" air about them.
Nice selection of very tasty food. They apparently make all (or most all) of their ingredients from scratch. Arezzo uses fresh ingredients in the preparation of their food and you can sure taste it.
Excellent selection of wines. The suggestion made by our server was very nice. This restaurant carries a nice selection of wine.
The food is a medley of flavors grabbing at your taste buds. As American ethnic restaurants go, this place has great taste.
Superb service and atmosphere.
Try it, i think you'll like it.
Great AAAAA++++++ – Since the place shares my last name, I had to travel to Edina and try this ristorante. I was able to bring my son and his girl friend. The next hour or so was an unbelievable experience for the three of us. The food was incredible and the service was superb. I can't wait to travel back from northern MN. and bring more of my relatives to enjoy the food and service.
Thank you again
The Arezzo family
Was the chef on break? The manager was.... – The halibut dinner came about 25 minutes after ordering--it took that long for the chef to overcook the meat. We were unable to cut into the top of the seafood with a steak knife. The halibut looked more like a bread roll than a fish filet. The "carmelized" onions actually crunched when we cut them with a fork.
The service matched the food. We were 15 minutes late for our 6:30 reservation, but the hostess seated two unreserved parties who arrived after us and then announced to us that there were no more tables. We dined outside. The entree server left both plates overhaning the edge of the small table without clearing any items. We had to move our salad plates to another empty table ourselves. The water glasses remained empty for the entire meal. Our wait staff offered a tiramasu when she heard about the halibut, but didn't offer any replacement of the dish or a reduction of the price.
Where did the good reviews come from for Arrezzo?
So unique! – Amazing food, Amazing service, Beautiful decor...
- a real gem :)
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"Local Farmers: Local Foods"
McHenry County has historically been home to farmers producing fruits, vegetables, eggs, dairy products, meat and fiber. As the population grew, farms got bigger, but the numbers dropped, resulting in the loss of many small family farms. And we began to realize that much of the food we consume travels as much as 1500 miles to get to the table. "If you eat, you are a part of agriculture" says the sign at the Bauer Farm on Barnard Mill Rd. in Wonder Lake. So today, farms and farm families are changing and returning, transitioning in many cases to specialty producers. There are now pick-your-own apples, berries and pumpkins. Many towns support farmer's markets, including Woodstock's own award winning market on the square. You can purchase local beef, pork, chicken and eggs at these markets or directly from the farmer. More and more of the restaurants are adding local foods to the menu. And the University of Illinois Extension has added a "Small Farm, Local Food's" educator to the staff.
Join us for the 2014 Fair July 30-Aug 3, as we celebrate our local farmers and the foods they produce. Walk thru the barns where you can learn about beef, dairy, pork and chicken. Visit the gardens where you can see and hear from Master Gardeners about growing your own vegetables. Meet some of the farmers who produce your food. Learn about the history of farming in McHenry County. And then, sample some local food. We hope to see you next year, and in the meantime, visit a local farmer's market, on-farm vegetable stand, restaurant…and enjoy eating local.


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Trailer for "Looking Back On Love", on iTunes 1/29/13
The trailer is great on it's own!...I can't wait to see the documentary.
It's been interesting to hear Mathieu talk about how this film came to be and to see how hard he worked to put it together and make it happen. Bravo, Mathieu! And to Lenny, what a way to capture the process of making the record, the tour, this time in your life when your star is shining brighter than ever! Love & success to Lenny & Mathieu!
Great job on the Trailer Mathieu! Love the lens and introspective themes I see; so much more than the ordinary. The title is so apropos; goes far beyond the album making process. It's a reflection of THE journey. Thanks for letting us inside Lenny!
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Luke Mitrani grew up back east, but today he calls Mammoth home.
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I love solving problems, puzzles and riddles. Like adding navigational properties to an open-source ORM, sharing session data between .NET and PHP to keep the dev team active, or loading SQL Server with years of MLB statistics to tweak fantasy scoring -- on a box that I built. I mean, how else would a self-respecting geek do it?
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Numerous studies have found 10:1 differences in productivity and quality among individuals and even among teams. This contains thoughts about how to move toward the "10" side of that 10:1 ratio.
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Kenmore 21.0 cu. ft. Top-Freezer Refrigerator - Storage with Style
Keep your food cool and organized with this Kenmore refrigerator 7215, which features an automatic ice maker and fully adjustable shelving. Your meat, dairy and produce stay at optimal temperatures in this roomy Kenmore refrigerator, while giving you classic styling with its easy to clean exterior. It features two built-in humidity-controlled crisper drawers designed to keep fruits and vegetables at their freshest.
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- A built-in icemaker automatically makes chilly ice cubes, so whether you're cooling a hot drink or mixing up a cocktail, the ice you need is always on hand.
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There is a lot of room in the freezer and and shelving. I love the meat drawer.
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This fridge is great for the price. It has a nice stainless steel look on the door and all the drawers I need. The handle is also stainless. The ice maker is very quiet.
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This unit replaced a Kenmore we'd had for 30 years. The new one is more spacious and quiet than the old one, but is missing the freezer light which the old one had. Makes it difficult to see items that are buried in the back of the freezer, but oh well. The build quality is not as solid as the old unit, but still good and functional. Overall still a great refrigerator.
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purchased this fridge as a simple replacement equal size to one removed. fridge is quiet, easy access inside and ice machine is a bonus. price for fridge was big factor in purchasing at Sears vs another store.
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The refrigerator was delivered as schedule. The delivery men were very courteous. They removed the old refrigerator and then brought in the refrigerator in the house. The installed the ice maker water, removed all packing material and placed the refrigerator in place.
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This refrigerator is the same cubic feet as my old 21.0 cu ft model but the inside seems so spacious. I like how the door compartments and interior shelves are all adjustable to your liking. For the price this was really worth it. The only setback is I wish the freezer had a light. The freezer compartment is so big a lot of thing can get hidden in the back it would be better if the freezer had a light
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I really like this refrigerator. I had my old one for over 20 years and did not no what we were missing. It is so roomy and I like how you can see everything in the refrigerator with one glance. All departments are see-through. I like the ice maker and the roomy freezer. I'm glad I chose Sears to purchase this fridge.
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I always have preferred Kenmore appliances and I got one. They are reliable. We were able to get a beige one to match our stove, have the ice maker installed and get it in a timely manner.
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Great price for a solid refrigerator. Space is more than adequate and ice maker works very well. Doesn't have all the bells and whistles that the more expensive units have but if you are just looking for the basics then you can't go wrong with this one.
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Citizenship Classes for Adults
at Poe Park Visitor Center (in Poe Park), Bronx
12:30 p.m.–1:30 p.m.
In this class, students will review sample citizenship questions as well as practice English comprehension, pronunciation, and listening skills.
Category: Education
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Artist Danilo Peguero will select audience members and paint various fast paced portraits in oil paint.
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1:00 p.m.–2:00 p.m.
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1:00 p.m.–3:45 p.m.
KEEN provides one-on-one activities for children and young adults with developmental and physical disabilities.
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Explore Our Water World with Dr. Leonissa Ardizzone
at Payson Education Center (in Inwood Hill Park), Manhattan
2:00 p.m.–3:00 p.m.
Discover the many fascinating properties of water with Dr. A of Storefront Science. We'll look at surface tension, phases of matter, the atomic structure of water and more…
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HSBC Children's Garden Family Day
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2:00 p.m.–4:00 p.m.
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at 85th Street and Central Park West (in Central Park), Manhattan
2:00 p.m.–3:15 p.m.
Established on land that would become part of Central Park, Seneca Village was Manhattan's first known community of African-American property owners.
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Seattle >Food & Dining > Sea Thai
2313 N 45th St, Seattle, WA | Directions 9810347.661311 -122.330753
Monday To Friday From 11:00 AM To 10:00 PM Saturday To Sunday From 12:00 PM To 10:00 PM
Neighborhoods: Wallingford, Lake Union
Not my favorite Thai – After reading the positive reviews, I was so excited to try out Sea-Thai. I got my order and was highly disappointed. Not only was my Phad Thai not spicy, it was also room temperature. It should have been hot because I ordered it on the spot . The noodles where also undercooked, stuck together, and had a very bland flavor. The peanut sauce had a good texture but the taste was strange and leaves a bad after taste. The veggies were fresh and I did enjoy the salad that came with the meal. The service was very good even though the food wasn't my favorite. My server was attentive and helpful with reviewing the menu. I am going to avoid this Thai spot because of the bad taste and I would suggest you do the same.
Average Food, but fresh taste – On Labor day, After I throw away the horrible thai Food I got from Lotus Thai Restaurant at Walliford, I was still hungry and want thai food so bad. So I spend 20 minutes to for a search, and I choose Sea-Thai(buz others don't open on Labor day!) I ordered the exactly same thing: Shrimp phad thai, green beans with oyster sauce. Thank god they didn't disappointed me. The noodle is a tasty and the carrots is RED! (NOT BLACK OR BROWN CARROTS LIKE what I got from Lotus). The green bean is Fresh! Average taste. Take a little points off because the phad thai is a little bit too sweet for me, a little bit too wet(Good Phad thai should be tasty but dry- at least not too wet, means not too much sauce but can still taste the sauce, like crispy hot wing with not hot sauce at KFC), and the green beans is not crispy, too soft. But over all, average taste and most important, fresh!
Extreme Disappointment – Heard the ads on the radio, Read lots of reviews, finally went on 8/18/2008.
Ordered two lunch dishes, L1 combo chicken & #5 Phad Thai chicken.
Went to wash up, Bathroom walkway not clean or easy to navigate.
soup came luke warm, plate came curry was barely warm and curdled, chicken sparse & hard.
never had Phad Thai covered with browning iceberg lettus, gross...
Phad thai was overly sweet and mushy also cold. And where's the chicken?
Thai spring rolls way over cooked as if twice cooked
they were dark brown not golden as you would expect. FOOD WAS THE WORST THAI EVER!!
Paid the bill & walked out.
Best Thai in Seattle!! – I LOVE this place! The avocado green curry and the red curry with the owner's special spice blend are my favorites, but the old stand-bys like the green papaya salad and the tom kum soup are great as well. For those who like it hot, this place delivers. I am one of those people who can't ever get enough spices, but I can get a 4 on their scale (1-5), and be more than happy. For some crazy reason, this place isn't mobbed during the dinner rush, so you won't even have to wait in line.
Great Thai food and restaurant experience in Seattle – My son and future daughter-in-law took me to this little gem for
mother's day dinner and we thoroughly enjoyed the dishes that we
ordered. The yellow curry was flavorful with lots of chicken pieces
and the right amount of spices, the green papaya salad was fresh, the
pad see iew had just the right amount of toppings and
seasoning and the phad thai tasted just like the ones we had tried
during our various stops in Thailand a couple of years ago. We shared
the mango in sticky sweet rice which was excellent. If the indication
of a good restaurant is by the number of return customers, then
Sea-Thai would definitely fit the description as some of the folks who
were eating there that night were regulars. The owners are very friendly and helpful.
Best Authentic Thai food in Seattle! – I am a huge Thai food critic and SeaThai is hands down my very favorite Thai restaurant in Seattle!
Being that I lived in Thailand for 2 years I consider myself a pretty good judge of authentic Thai food.
The owners are very friendly, and aim to please all who come to their cozy, authentic restaurant.
I have had almost every one of their dishes that they offer on the menu and all of them are amazingly delicious!
The past reviewer obviously has no knowledge of "real" Thai food, sounds like he is more of an Americanized Thai food critic. The sum tum salad is a traditional dish in Thailand and SeaThai is the only restaurant that is able to serve it perfectly, spice and all. Their Thai desserts are to die for, hats off to SeaThai for making me feel like I am right back eating in Thailand. Thank you for your delicious, spicy, Thai cooking!
Very disappointed for a number 1 rated restaurant! – I tried Sea Thai for the first time last night. Craving Thai, I thought I'd try a new place and took the #1 rating and most the good reviews at their word. Seriously? I called for take-out (they delivery also). When I picked it up, I saw there was only one couple eating (a bad sign at any good restaurant on a Friday night!). The pork in the Phad Thai was terribly overdone and dry, not much flavor on the noodles, and many of the noodles were overcooked and dry as well. I also ordered garlic prawns, which is my go-to dish and one that I judge at every restaurant. It was more like a garlic prawn salad, simply sauteed prawns, which were tasty, but over iceberg lettuce and onions versus the broccoli, carrots that most restaurants use. Overall, not a great experience and I won't be back. Who is judging and reviewing these places??
My Favorite Thai Restaurant in Seattle – For food with lots of flavor and care put into it - Sea Thai is the place to go... Also the delivery area is wide and comes to us in Phinney Ridge so it's extremely convenient. They make the best Tom Kha Gai and Tom Yum Gai I've ever had, and the Tom Yum Gai is particularly good if you're feeling under the weather - with it's spicy chicken broth filled with lots of good herbs and spicdes, it will perk you right up. Also love the Mieng Kahm - leaves that you roll up with a variety of fillings, including peanuts, toasted coconut, chilis, ginger, lime segments, and a sweet sauce - it's pungent good stuff... even my 8-year-old loves it. Also highly recommend their green papaya salad, the crab/cream cheese wontons, and the Moo Tod (ground pork patties.... I believe this is run by a family, all of whom are very friendly and helpful... SeaThai is truly a little gem.
Disgusting!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! – I have been to many restaurants in the Seattle area and always try to find new places to eat. I got two bites into my Spinach Delight and when to take a bite of my Pad Thai when I discovered a non-food item in my food. Absolutely disgusting.
Very Good Food and Delivery! – I love that they deliver! I agree with the user below, a 2 is plenty. My boyfriend loves heat and the 3 was even just a tad too much for him! (Although that didn't detur him at all...it was still very good). The cream cheese wontons are fabulous! The pad-thai is very good, but I did find myself wanting more bean sprouts and lime. But still very worth your money! My boyfriend always gets the peppered beef, super good. The dipping sauce that comes with the appetizers is super sweet but great! I've also had the red curry chicken and it was good.
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DeLaina is survived by her siblings, Devon, Shawna, Austin, and Cody; and her aunts, Shawn Castner and Venessa Stabile.
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GF Council Welcomes New Members, Says Goodbye to OthersGRAND FORKS (WDAZ-TV) - On Tuesday, the city of Grand Forks said goodbye to two City Council members who together served almost 50 years. Eliot Glassheim and Curt Kreun hung up their city leader hats as two new members took their seats.
GRAND FORKS (WDAZ-TV) - On Tuesday, the city of Grand Forks said goodbye to two City Council members who together served almost 50 years. Eliot Glassheim and Curt Kreun hung up their city leader hats as two new members took their seats.
Mayor Michael Brown put it best when he said council members Bret Weber and Ken Vein have big shoes to fill.
Both Glassheim and Kreun stepped down Tuesday evening after not seeking another term. They say the goodbye was bittersweet.
"The city is in good hands, thanks for everything," Glassheim said.
Glassheim fought back tears as he said his farewell after 30 years on the council.
"More than any particular project, I'm proud of my effort to make rational decisions based not on what I personally liked or didn't like but on facts and the long term interest of the city as a whole," Glassheim said.
"They've been very good guides for us," Brown said.
Glassheim says serving the city was a pleasure. He's left Ward 3, which he calls, the heart of the city, in good hands with new council member Bret Weber.
"I think he'll do a fine job, he and I won't always agree but we agree on enough and I think he's got good character and a deep commitment," Glassheim said.
"It's humbling, it's scary. Just hoping to step up and meet the challenge of filling those shoes," Weber said.
On the other hand, Curt Kreun leaves behind 12 years on the council, but more so what he calls the strongest board this city has ever seen.
"I do believe we're in as good as shape as we've been in for many many years, probably ever," Kreun said.
"A lot of opportunity ahead and I really look forward to helping that happen," new council member Ken Vein said.
Both Glassheim and Kreun were honored at the meeting Tuesday. In their departure, mayor Brown says he looks forward to a fresh perspective.
"New eyes, I think it's important to see things through new eyes and different roles and I think it'll be important to see how we work together," Brown said.
This isn't the last you'll see of Glassheim and Kreun.
Glassheim is running for reelection as a state representative in District 18, a seat he's held for almost 20 years.
Kreun has two more years to serve as a representative of District 43.
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Washington, D.C. – Democratic Leader Nancy Pelosi held her weekly press conference today in the Capitol Visitor Center. Below is a transcript of the press conference:
Leader Pelosi. Good morning. This morning on the floor, we were observing that tomorrow marks the six-month anniversary since the Newtown tragedy. Floor speeches, conference calls, visits from the families, that has been taking up some of our time – all in the hope of bipartisan legislation for gun violence prevention manifested in legislation for background checks. It is very sad.
To some of us, the role of government is about doing things for the American people, to help them reach their fulfillment. It's been nearly six months, certainly over five and a half, since Congress has been in session for this Congress, and still no jobs bill. I believe we almost have a moral responsibility to have policy which helps to create jobs, whether it is to incentivize the private sector, to make sure that our children are educated, our neighborhoods are safe from crime, and our first responders have the resources they need to protect the American people. To protect and defend is our first responsibility. But not one single jobs bill. Nearly six months.
Now, it's over two months since we've had the opportunity to go to conference for a budget, a budget that would create jobs, which would grow the economy, which would reduce the deficit, and to do so in a timely fashion.
Republicans asked for regular order, which means they wanted to go to conference until it was time to go to conference. So I call, once again, upon my colleagues to allow us to appoint conferees to go to conference again, to grow our economy.
At the same time, now, on this clock that is ticking, in 18 days interest on student loans will double. Will double. It's shameful, putting college out of reach for millions of American families and children. If Republicans had their way, it would even worse than double with the legislation that they passed. It would more than double.
So we, again, have a critical responsibility to keep America competitive. Innovation, education, job creation keep us number one. And without the investments in education, making it affordable for more families, families [and] children cannot reach their fulfillment. America cannot be as preeminent as the vows of our Founders would require us to be by creating jobs here in America which contribute to innovation. It's not just in the classroom. It's in job creation in the U.S. that innovation springs from.
Again, we have to go to that budget table. Instead we are in a world of subterfuge, smokescreen, any subject you want to talk about, just pick one out of the air. And yesterday was really just another day in the life of the Republican Congress. They passed legislation [out of committee] that was disrespectful of the rights, health, and safety of American women. All the people who voted for the bill were men. Disrespectful. Yet another, another – this is a week, this Monday marked the 50th anniversary of President Kennedy signing the Equal Pay Act. With great enthusiasm we remembered that day. We used it to recall that four years ago President Obama has signed as his first legislation the Lilly Ledbetter Act to move to end discrimination against women in the workplace.
We saluted [Congresswoman]Rosa DeLauro for her paycheck fairness legislation, a place to take – who, what man here, wouldn't think that his wife, his daughter, his sister, his mother should receive equal pay for equal work in the workplace? Apparently that does not apply to the Republican Congress.
So, instead of moving from – President Kennedy set a small step to end a shameful, an abominable practice of not paying women equally, we still do not have it on the agenda. It passed in the House, as you may know, when we had the majority. The Republicans held it up in the Senate. And so far, not much progress. But we are not going away.
So, this action yesterday where the House Judiciary Committee approved the bill without any exceptions in the case of rape, incest, or protecting the health of the women, all the people who voted for the bill were men.
Okay. So today on the floor, we have the defense authorization bill. One hundred seventy-two amendments are made in order. Only six amendments related to sexual assault, but none of them, none of them, among the more critical and effective measures. They are about curriculum, and it is about this and that, and they're interesting, and they're improvements, but they do not get to the heart of the matter. No [Congresswoman] Jackie Speier amendment, nothing to resemble what is necessary to get to the heart of the matter. How could they not put one of those amendments in order? Instead, good amendments, little tweaks here and there that are important, but nothing, nothing essential and crucial to changing what is happening in the military.
And Republicans are saying no to Members on both sides of the aisle concerned about sexual assault in the military and on both sides of the aisle ready to vote for amendments to effectively and truly address this challenge.
So, it is an interesting time. We have a bill on the floor that could make a significant difference of ending sexual assault of men and women in the military. We need a jobs bill. We have a need to do our budget. And yet what are we doing? Amendments that, again, are disrespectful of women.
With that, I will be pleased to take any questions.
Q: Leader, you mentioned the bill that passed out of the House Judiciary Committee earlier. Members who have proposed that bill have done that in the wake of this murder trial in Philadelphia. They argue that there really isn't much of a moral difference between what someone like Dr. Kermit Gosnell did to infants born at 23, 24, 25 weeks in the pregnancy and what can happen at a clinic down the road in Maryland, where a doctor says that he will perform elective abortions 28 weeks into pregnancy.
So the question I have for you is what is the moral difference between what Dr. Gosnell did to a baby born alive at 23 weeks and aborting her moments before birth?
Leader Pelosi. Ok. You are probably enjoying that question a lot. I can see you savoring it.
Let me just tell you this: what was done in Philadelphia was reprehensible, and everybody condemned it. For them to decide to disrespect a judgment a woman makes about her reproductive health is reprehensible.
Q: So, what is the moral difference? I just asked what is the difference? You said – I mean, I didn't savor that question. What is the moral difference then between 26 weeks, elective abortion, and the killing of that same infant born alive? This is the issue that they are talking about.
Leader Pelosi. This is not the issue. They are saying that there is no abortion. They want to make it a federal law that there will be no abortion in our country. You're taking the extreme case. You're taking the extreme case. And what I'm saying to you is what happened in Philadelphia was reprehensible. And I do not think you use – I am not going to have this conversation with you because you obviously have an agenda. You're not interested in having an answer.
Q: I'm interested in..
Leader Pelosi. But, I responded to you to the extent that I am going to respond to you, because I want to tell you something. As a mother of five children, my oldest child was six years old the day I brought my fifth child home from the hospital. As a practicing and respectful Catholic, this is sacred ground to me when we talk about this. I don't think it should have anything to do with politics, and that is where you're taking it, and I'm not going there.
Yes, sir?
Q: Next Wednesday, there will be a dedication, finally, for a statue in the District of Columbia of Frederick Douglass.
Leader Pelosi. Isn't that great?
Q: How do you…
Leader Pelosi. I knew that was – what else would bring you to one of our…
You used to come before Frederick Douglass.
Q: I know. I try to make my appearances more varied.
But for this, when will the day come? First of all, what does the statue mean? I have read some of the Speaker's remarks, which say: "It's a gift from the District." It took a long and tortuous path to actually get the statue placed. But, it is only one. When will the day come when there will be two statues? And then when will there be the day where there will actually be not a lump of bronze, but actually a vote in the House and…
Leader Pelosi. I guess that depends on your effective activism because so far you have made great progress. You have increased from nothing to something. We're very excited about Frederick Douglass' statue being unveiled in the Capitol. What you're saying is you want the District of Columbia to have the same right as every state, and I completely and entirely agree with you on that score.
I think that if I were orchestrating it – and, as you know, our Member of Congress, Eleanor Holmes Norton, has been relentless, relentless and persistent. And from her committee that she serves on, on the Transportation and Infrastructure Committee, which has the jurisdiction over these public buildings and that, she has been an effective advocate, and that is why we have the statue we have today. I would just keep making suggestions of people to have statues here for.
What I am pleased with is that in the past few years – and I take some credit for this – we've had just recently the statue to Rosa Parks, a beautiful statue of her, seated, seated and I love that part, in the Capitol. And one of the first statues, a bust of an African American woman, Sojourner Truth. I say this because one of the things I wanted to do when I became Speaker was to expand the diversity of statues that exist in the Capitol. Some we can do. Mostly they depend on the States making the change in a statue that they have here.
But thank you for your relentless leadership on the subject, and I look forward to working with you for the next statue of a prominent representative of the District of Columbia.
But more important than that – now, it may not seem more important – but more important than that, we want the representative of the District of Columbia to have a vote in the Congress of the United States. And, of course, I, myself, support statehood.
Time does not allow me to go into my history on this subject. My father was the chair of the District of Columbia Appropriations Committee when I was born, and he had been an advocate for home rule and more authority for the District of Columbia. And, of course, as time has gone by, we want even much more than that.
So, I'm with you. I would be willing to help Eleanor in any way possible. But, understand how relentless she has been and effective.
Yes sir?
Q: I believe just a few minutes ago, FBI Director Robert Mueller was at a hearing in the House Judiciary Committee. He was talking about the PRISM program. You were the top Democrat on the Intelligence Committee for many years, during the time of 9/11. And he indicated that had PRISM been in place prior to 9/11, he believes that they could have possibly intercepted one of the hijackers.
Do you think that's possible with your understanding of the program and your point on the Intelligence Committee at that point?
Leader Pelosi. Obviously, I have not heard the Director's testimony. It's just happened this morning. But certainly it would have improved the chances of doing that. I can't say with certainty that it would have, but it certainly would have improved the chance of – now, he may have some specific evidence and connection that he was testifying about that I'm not aware of. But, yeah, it did give more opportunity to surveil.
I want a woman.
Q: Following up on that, his point, do you think that Mr. Snowden should be prosecuted for leaking the information about the programs? And do you think that Americans – now that you've had more briefings, the dust has settled a little bit. We've heard testimony from General Alexander on at least a dozen plots being disrupted because of these programs. Should Americans be supportive of the government basically taking all of their cell phone data and looking at the servers of Internet companies?
Leader Pelosi. Well, first of all, I do think that on three scores, that is, leaking the PATRIOT Act, section 215, FISA 702, and the President's classified cyber operations directive on the strength of leaking, that, yes, that would be a prosecutable offense, and I think that he should be prosecuted.
I don't agree with your characterization then should the American people want all of their cell phone calls and data and all the rest surveiled, because that is not what either of these bills does, not the PATRIOT Act nor 702 – I mean, the FISA Act.
I'm going to have for my Members, and I'm sure you will see it, a side by side of what the war was under President Bush – what the actions were under President Bush, what they had proposed in their Protect America Act, which was not acceptable to us, and what we passed in the FISA Act of 2008. And all of the protections that Jim Cole and others have had said were abided by in going to a FISA court were insisted upon by the Democrats in that legislation.
So, there are many protections for the American people, including strengthening the Privacy and Civil Liberties Board, and I think this is really important because we have to have a balance between liberty and security. And liberty is very important to us, and privacy is essential to our liberty, so this Board is very important. And I think we strengthened it in the 2008 bill, but I think, obviously, there is a need to strengthen it further, A. And B, the Congressional oversight has to be increased, and that can only be increased with more information being made available to Congress from whatever the Administration it is.
The thwarting, was it the NSA? The Director of National Security Agency, that he talked about, certainly I don't know the exact number, and I don't know the exact cases he's talking about, but I do know that there was a thwarting of some actions against the U.S. American people that were protected.
But, there is a lot of misinformation out there on this, and before everybody makes judgments about it, it's important to know what did – I mentioned three leaks that occurred, but what beyond that? Were there leaks just made to the public, which would be one thing? Is information being exchanged with other governments? I don't know that. People are charging that. I don't know that, A. B, how do we have a system, though, that has so relied on the private sector and on contractors to make our security so vulnerable and so exposed that one person could go out and leak information that could be detrimental to our national security in the manner in which this was done?
So, again, we have to protect the American people. Laws have been passed to determine how that is done with great protection for civil liberties. And I'm getting this ready for my colleagues because they want to know what they knew when. Well, some of them voted for it in 2008. But when the President says everybody knew, well, everybody didn't know all of the particulars; maybe were exposed to it, briefings were held, but everybody didn't have the fullest understanding of what the word "surveillance" means.
Q: Leader Pelosi, returning for a second to the abortion issue…
Leader Pelosi. I'm not going to. What else?
Q: Ms. Pelosi, on this idea, Mr. Hoyer said that perhaps it might not be a bad idea for Congress to relook at 215, that section, that seemed, after that bipartisan briefing you guys had a few days ago, that was a general consensus. What do you see as the next steps? I mean, will Congress use their legislative muscle here to possibly change these programs? And some have even said declassify them whereas the public has more awareness. Would you support that?
Leader Pelosi. Well, it depends on what you are talking about declassifying. I have always been for much more declassification than we have. I think that keeping so many things classified, for what purpose? Is it in our national security to keep them classified? Does it just invite more opportunities for people to convey information they shouldn't, and, therefore, a law is broken when it isn't even information that is that harmful?
We always used to make a joke up in Intelligence. They would say, you better read The Washington Post before they stamp it "classified" this morning, because they classified everything that came past them. And then once that happens, then you can't talk about it.
So I thought far too much was classified, and even if it was justified at that moment, then in a short period of time, there should be much more declassification, which President Obama has been doing, has been doing.
We should always be revisiting. Technology demands that we – what we're talking about now is something that could not even have been imagined a couple of decades ago. It was a big deal for us 20 years ago in Intelligence to – the biggest secret we had, one of the biggest secrets we had was that we could detect faxes. Oh, don't let anybody ever know that we could detect faxes. You know, I'm talking internationally now; I'm not talking domestic. No domestic content, but internationally, because if they ever found that, they would stop using faxes. And that was a big deal. It seems like the stone age compared to the volume of metadata that can be used.
But, I really seriously had some concerns about your characterization of should we be willing to allow them to do this, that, and the other thing. No. And that's not what the collection is about. The American people are saying they can have access to my records, to my data, to my information. That's not what this is about.
Q: Madam Leader, you spoke before about private contractors, them sharing some of this intelligence with foreign countries. Just to be specific, are you opposed to the volume or the blanket use of private contractors? And would you also be opposed to the government sharing some of this stuff with foreign governments, as has been alleged?
Leader Pelosi. Well, I don't know what you're – if you're talking about the U.S. government sharing information with foreign governments in the interest of our mutual national security, I'm not opposed to that. I was saying if anybody acquired this information and made it known. For example, in this case if they were sharing this information with a foreign government, that would be a wrong thing to do, you know, in terms of saying, this is what the U.S.' capability is, and we want you to see what their capability is. Clearly, there is a gigantic distinction there between how we have relationships with other countries in terms of sharing intelligence to protect our country.
I think there's a real question about the use of contractors, and to the extent that they are there without, you know, they work for the private sector. There are enormous profits to be made. Maybe we should bring some of that more in house with employees of the federal government, with the oath of office that we take to protect and defend our country and that seriousness of purpose there.
And maybe we need some private. I'm not saying we shouldn't have some private, because that can facilitate our security, but let's take a measure of how much that is. I think that's a worthy question, how much intelligence that is in the hands of private sector.
And don't you think that, I mean, of all questions, let's just be completely removed from – how on Earth can we have a situation where we are so vulnerable, so exposed, with so much information about how we acquire intelligence to the point that the head of the DNI is saying that it seriously hurts our national security, is that what he said, words to that effect? How could we be so – by one person walking out the door with access to so much information? I think that's a question that Congress has to ask and that we have to make a judgment about.
You asked about any laws to be changed, about how these things are done. But all of these things, every step of the way, the PATRIOT Act, of which 215 is a part, we had the sunset of some of the more offensive aspects of the bill. We have had the, and, of course, they have been extended, but we've had the Privacy and Civil Liberties Board in that bill much more strengthened. And FISA, you saw all the routine that people have to go through.
And I will close by saying this: It's very important to note that on – we have said that FISA is the sole route that an administration can go. They have – I don't have any of that here. They had wanted, the Bush administration had wanted, and I'm not making this a partisan thing, I'm just saying their thinking at the time was that: "we don't need to go to a FISA court, we don't need a court. We can just unilaterally decide that we are going to surveil." And that was the fight that we had in 2007 and 2008, and that is why the 2008 FISA bill has as many protections built into it as it does.
One more. Yes, ma'am.
Q: May I ask about immigration?
Leader Pelosi. Sure.
Q. Because the bipartisan House group is still struggling to unveil any legislation. Some of the Republicans continue to suggest that you are the holdup and that you would rather have the issue than the accomplishment, and I'm just wondering how you respond to that? And if Boehner decides to move bills in a piecemeal mode, do you think that could essentially end up with the kind of comprehensive package that you would want?
Leader Pelosi. Well, let me just say, first of all, that I disagree with the characterization that you put forth. We are working now just on them writing the language – the leg counsel of whatever – to put it in legislative language so that with the principles that they agree to, are that that language, when translated to legislative language is what everybody understood it to be. As you know, around here, going from principles to leg language, well, the angel is in the details. I keep saying that because it's really important for us to have an immigration bill.
I think that anybody who would say that I would rather have the issue than the bill, just doesn't know what they're talking about. This is something that is so glorious for our country that we will have a bill that many of us are willing to swallow. Some things that we don't like about the bill, some terrible poison pills, but not deadly, and that we'll make progress on it.
But I don't – I mean, you say that some of those Republicans are saying that. Maybe one of them, I don't know. But I don't – I think the other ones know that we're moving forward with the legislation. They've worked very hard in good faith, over-time – and now they're putting into language and even one of the Members who is not still part of the group had an impact on the substance of the bill that is acceptable – you know, it's part of what is moving forward.
I think it's very important not only for us have a bill, but the House have a bill, the House have a bill. I wanted us to be first as a matter of fact. But one thing and another, they couldn't reach agreement and the Senate has moved ahead. And that's good too.
So, we would hope that this bill, because it is a consensus, it is, again, not a bill that I would've written. It is a compromise – and we never, any one of us, write a bill, it is always a consensus. This is a consensus times a compromise. And – but, it makes good…
Q: What about the process?
Leader Pelosi. Well, they've been working for years. They've been working for years.
Q: I mean in terms of moving a comprehensive bill like the Senate is doing, or perhaps doing it and chopping it up in pieces and going to conference. Do you think that would…
Leader Pelosi. Well, I don't know. It depends. You know, you have to see what it. I mean I think it's easier if you have – because they always, on all of these compromises you always say: "Nothing is agreed to until everything is agreed to," because you're making concessions, you're swallowing things you really don't like. But, they're worth it if the other part of the bill is there. So, when you take a piecemeal, you might get the bad part without the good part. Or, you know, depending on which side you are of the issue, you might get your part and not their part.
And the point is to protect our borders which is our right, secure our borders, protect our workers and that means not exploiting people coming into our country. I would like to see unification of our families – so, some consideration for how we do that – and path to citizenship for 11 million people in our country.
Stop the deportation – taking action in that way, and you can say this to whomever is saying I don't want a bill, passing a bill stops the deportations immediately by and large. If you don't have a, you know, if you meet the criteria, if you don't have a criminal record or whatever, haven't violated the law in some other way than being overstaying your visa, or entering the country without full documentation. So, having all of it together as a vehicle – and then it's subjected to the committee process, it's subjected to the floor amendment process, that's Congress working its will. I would hope it would go that path.
If they chop it up, what would be the view of it? It just depends how they chop it up as long as it has the component parts that can be joined together at the end. If that's a way to get there, we just want to get there – you know, just want to get there. And it is going to be a glorious thing because it will be a step forward in terms of recognizing the dignity of every person in our country and that immigration has been a constant reinvigoration of America, the determination and hope and optimism that families bring to make the future better for themselves is the spirit of America that, a commitment to make the future better for every generation.
So, you know, I'm very excited about the prospect of the bill. I would, myself as I say, have concerns about this bill, but I'm willing to support it because in its component parts it makes great progress. Would I have written it, would I have – would a Democratic bill have looked different? Yes. But, we're in a Republican House. And I think that, but over time, the four, the eight – they don't call themselves a 'gang,' it's a task force – they have acted in very good faith with very good consideration of lots of aspects of it and recognizing, you know, that there's an amendment process ahead.
I think we're going to have to give up the room.
Q: Just one quick question about surveillance. Do you think the Justice Department or the FISA court should release the pleadings and the rulings on the government's interpretation of section 215 so the public would have more confidence in the legal rationale for what's being done?
Leader Pelosi. Are you saying either or?
Q: Well, both.
Leader Pelosi. Let me see what the request is. You can never do things that are going to jeopardize sources and methods. You know, again, protect and defend, that's our first responsibility. Privacy and security, liberty and security, that's a balance we must heed. But, I don't want to say here that they should release something which I don't know what exposure it gives to sources and methods.
Enlarging the issue, should we have more knowledge in the public – the public should be more aware of what technology enables us to do? Yes. And people say, oh, they're saying that if our opponents knew that our capability, then – but they must know it. Well, maybe they do, maybe they don't, but we don't have to necessarily confirm it. But we can take people down a path that science and technology enables us to do a lot more than you could do 20 years ago when I first went on the committee.
But, again, I welcome the discussion. I think it's a healthy one for our country. I think that what I hear people saying in the news is so off base in terms of what is actually happening. But, they don't know. And it's important for them to have more information to make better judgments, and also for public policy to be informed as to the, shall we say, threshold that the public needs to – will not go beyond in terms of the balance between liberty and security.
So, I will look forward to continuing this conversation with you on whatever detail you wish, but it's really important if we know what I'm talking about. So, I don't know what some of these things are that people have said and what has actually happened. The more we know, the more we can say about it.
Thank you all.


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On 31 March 2014 Bali, otherwise known as the island of paradise, will be silent and dark. The International Airport will be closed for 24 hours; no people or vehicle will pass by ont he roads, in the entire island. Lights will be off, except in houses where there are infants, in the police station and in hospitals.
This is a common sight annually in Bali to mark the Saka New Year, known as Tapa Brata Penyepian or The Silent Ritual (NYEPI) . During Nyepi, Bali reduces 20,000 tons of carbon dioxide emission.
This year the World Silent Day Team takes you again on a JOURNEY OF SILENCE FOR THE EARTH on 31 March 2014.
We remind you of the simple steps:
- No Check in and No Check out on 31 March 2014
- Switch off electronic appliances, reduce use of motor vehicles and activities that use up a lot of resources, plant trees, build relations with families, colleague and neighbours.


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