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His comments follow claims from Symantec that Microsoft had withheld information about APIs for the Windows Defender anti-spyware product. Last week, Symantec representatives, with one eye to European Commission anti-trust officials, briefed the press in Brussels over its concerns. This was good timing on Symantec's part as it coincided with the commission's decision to widen its investigation into Vista's encryption and handwriting technology.
In August, Symantec highlighted problems with PatchGuard, software from Microsoft designed to thwart hackers by preventing the execution of unassigned kernel-level code, and so helping to stop denial of service attacks.
By blocking kernel extensions PatchGuard also denies security firms anything other than temporary access to the kernel. "These new technologies, along with Microsoft's unwillingness to make compromises in this area have serious implications for the security industry as a whole," Oliver Friedrichs, director of emerging technologies in the Symantec security response team, blogged.
Microsoft first floated the idea of a hardened kernel when Windows Vista was still a glint in Bill Gates's jeans. Unpopular then, security vendors were being forced to work through Palladium, the Digital Rights Management (DRM) technology subsequently renamed Next Generation Secure Computing Base (NGSCB).
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MILWAUKEE, Wisconsin (CNN) -- During the course of his long run for the presidency, Mitt Romney has consistently presented himself to voters as a "turnaround" artist, or as his supporters have taken to calling him recently, a "Mr. Fix-It."In making his closing argument to voters that he should have that chance to take his government tool belt to Washington, Romney has vowed to "bring people together," to govern as president.
"I've got be able to reach across the aisle and get good Democrats and good Republicans to work together," the former Massachusetts governor told a crowd in Jacksonville, Florida, on Wednesday.
"My legislature was about 85 percent Democrat and it was not lost on me that to get anything done at all, and even to have my veto upheld, I had to have people across the aisle I could work with," he continued.
Romney's critics insist the Republican candidate's bipartisan overtures are in need of a serious reality check. They look no farther than his statement to last February's gathering of the Conservative Political Action Conference in Washington.
"I fought long odds in a deep blue state. But I was a severely conservative Republican governor," Romney told the conference.
The words "severely" and "conservative" are no longer part of Romney pitch with the campaign in the home stretch. Asked how Romney's promises of bipartisanship align with what quickly became a YouTube moment at CPAC last winter, a senior campaign adviser argued the two claims are not mutually exclusive.
"As governor, he brought people together to deal with health care. He's brought people together to deal with a very big deficit that he had when he came into office," said Kevin Madden, one of Romney's top strategists.
Trying to bring together competing ideas, philosophies
"The governor has made a point that he is going to try to bring together all of the competing ideas and philosophies in Washington in order to tackle some of the big challenges. Does he recognize there is going to be opposition? Sure," Madden added.
In fact, Romney's aides have quietly begun laying the groundwork for a presidential transition, should he win the White House. Dubbed the "Readiness Project" and led by former Utah Gov. Michael Leavitt, the transition team has already had at least one meeting with senior Republican lawmakers, a top congressional source told CNN.
"They're interested in recommendations for Cabinet posts," the congressional source, who was not authorized to speak about the subject publicly, said.
The advance legwork could enable Romney to sidestep some of the problems he encountered nearly a decade ago when he entered the governor's office in Boston.
Michael Widmer, a government watchdog with the non-partisan Massachusetts Taxpayers Foundation, said Romney's experience in the business world left him ill-prepared for the unwieldy mix of liberal lawmakers, advocacy groups and news media that confronted him.
"It was a rude awakening for the Romney administration," Widmer said. "Early on, the legislature and the Romney administration were at loggerheads."
But his passage of health care reform in the state demonstrated the self-styled "chief executive" governor was able to find his way and work across party lines.
"There was a spirit of bipartisanship around health reform," Widmer said.
The spirit was hard to miss. At the signing ceremony for his signature legislative achievement, Romney had none other than an old political nemesis and liberal icon, the late Sen. Edward Kennedy, at his side. After overcoming a GOP primary season in which Romney's health care reform plan was mocked as "Obamneycare," aides to the former governor now dub the initiative "successful."
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If elected president, however, Romney would inherit a dramatically different political environment. Sandwiched between tea party Republicans who have little patience for compromise and a potentially vengeful contingent of defeated Democrats, a President Romney would have no shortage of challenges.
Adding to the potential for gridlock, a longtime aide to Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid said the Democratic leader from Nevada hardly knows Romney. Earlier this year, Reid outraged conservatives when he falsely accused Romney of failing to pay income taxes for a decade.
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"If he tries to go at core Democratic priorities, like Bush tried to do with his proposal to privatize Social Security, Reid will go at him hammer and tong, just like he and (Nancy) Pelosi did with Bush," Manley said of former President George W. Bush's second term initiative to transform the federal retirement program.
Perhaps the greatest challenge facing a potential Romney administration would be the nation's mounting debt. It remains unclear whether the upcoming lame-duck Congress will have the political will necessary to avert what is a largely unspoken campaign issue, the looming fiscal cliff in Washington.
Republicans and Democrats in Congress, along with the president, set the nation on the perilous legislative course when they passed the Budget Control Act, which mandates both tax increases and massive spending cuts that take effect at the end of the year, unless a compromise is reached.
If a solution is not found, Romney could enter the White House with a country that is reeling from what many economists agree would be a massive jolt to the economy.
Facing resistance from tea party on more revenue
Back in Massachusetts, the then-governor solved his own fiscal crisis with a mixture of spending cuts and fee increases.
But to conservative Republicans in Washington, revenue enhancers are viewed as deal-breakers.
"The tea party is not going to let him do that. The tea party is going to resist that mightily," Widmer said.
But Romney made clear in the presidential debates he is comfortable shifting back to the center when it is politically advantageous. What Democrats label "etch-a-sketching" and "Romnesia," one Romney aide said the candidate is simply articulating his positions in a way that would make them more palatable to "swing voters."
After a sometimes painful, yet eventually successful wooing of tea party conservatives, Romney now openly embraces more centrist views on regulation.
"Sometimes people in our party say we want to deregulate but that's kind of an overstatement," Romney told the Jacksonville rally.
"We want to get rid of excessive regulation and outmoded regulation. But we have to have some regulation to make the economy work and for people to be able to play by the rules," he added.
After a lifetime in business and Massachusetts politics, a President Romney would arrive in Washington as a newcomer.
As Romney boasted during the GOP primaries, he would enter the nation's capital having never worked in the hyper-partisan world nestled on the Potomac River.
Massachusetts accents in the White House
But do not expect Romney to be lonely at the White House. As recent history has shown, governors who ascend to the presidency, such as George W. Bush and Bill Clinton, usually have a colorful entourage of statehouse advisers and friends who come along for the ride.
If Romney's management of this presidential campaign is any guide, he is likely to bring with him a slew of political professionals from his days in Boston. Several top advisers in Romney's inner circle, former Bain executive Bob White, Boston political strategist Peter Flaherty and communications guru Eric Fehrnstrom, speak with a thick Massachusetts accent.
Another pivotal player to watch is Beth Myers, who was Romney's chief of staff during his days as governor and led his vice presidential search that culminated in what is widely regarded as the politically successful selection of U.S. Rep. Paul Ryan of Wisconsin.
Madden declined to discuss a potential senior team in a Romney White House but conceded the GOP contender has a history of taking care of his own.
"He is a loyal guy. But I think he wants the best and the brightest with him to help solve big problems," Madden said.


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Sazerac Cocktail 7 out of 28.
I have challenged myself to post 28 Sazeracs in 28 days for the month of February.
I'll try some different spirits, try some out at bars, and have some friends make them for me. Hopefully, if I can get my act together we'll have some video.
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Stir well and strain into another glass that has been cooled and rinsed with Absinthe (Sirene Absinthe Verte) and squeeze lemon peel on top.
So this whole cocktail thing kind of started with the Sazerac.
I'd read about them and heard the stories, but had never really had one. Even tried to make myself one or two.
When we traveled to New Orleans for my birthday a few years back, we kind of went on a Sazerac quest. Ordering them at whatever bars would make them for us. Some good, some bad, but most not outstanding.
However, when I ordered one at d.b.a. on Frenchman Street the young bartender bothered to ask me which Rye Whiskey. When I asked for her recommendation and she said, "I'll make it with Wild Turkey Rye, if you don't mind," I knew I'd found someone who thought like me.
I really like Wild Turkey Rye for drinks like Old Fashioneds and Sazeracs. There's just something about its brawny character that especially works for me in "naked" cocktails.
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Based on a recommendation over at Boingboing, I picked up the Kindle version of Wool Omnibus Edition (Wool 1 - 5). It's a great deal for a 550 page book at only $4.99. Out of 176 reviews, 166 of them are five stars.Originally begun as a short story(Wool 1), the book tells of a dystopian future where humankind lives in underground silos, where the outside is toxic & where even discussing the outside will get you sent to die outside. You can buy the individual stories that make up the series separately or save a buck or two & buy the omnibus edition.Before I was even halfway through with this book, I ordered a few more of author, Hugh Howey's books. It helps that the Kindle editions are only $2.99 so there's not much risk in discovering a new author.So far I am loving Wool and am looking forward to more of Howey's works.
Quote from: mgriffin on April 17, 2013, 01:01:33 PMRecently saw this "Rookie's Guide to Lovecraft" which I consider a pretty good overview and starting point for anyone interested in learning about H.P. Lovecraft:http://www.sundriesshack.com/2013/04/02/the-rookies-guide-to-h-p-lovecraft-in-1500-words-or-less/Interesting site. Lot's of good info.
Recently saw this "Rookie's Guide to Lovecraft" which I consider a pretty good overview and starting point for anyone interested in learning about H.P. Lovecraft:http://www.sundriesshack.com/2013/04/02/the-rookies-guide-to-h-p-lovecraft-in-1500-words-or-less/
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In this five-time Emmy®-winning comedy's hilarious second season, Michael Bluth, once again determined to be free of his dysfunctional family, packs up the car and his son George-Michael and heads for Arizona. But he's soon pulled over by the police who tell him that his father, George Sr., has broken out of prison. Due to the company's shady business deal with Iraq, Michael could face prison time, so he returns home to clear his name even as George Sr. secretly flees to Mexico, Tobias decides to be an understudy for the Blue Man Group, and Lucille begins a torrid affair with her husband's twin brother, Oscar.
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In this Emmy®-winning comedy's hilarious third season, Michael Bluth finally realizes that it's his Uncle Oscar serving time in prison, not his father. Reluctant to spring Oscar due to the effect it may have on the family business, Michael decides that the only fair thing to do is to find his father and place him under house arrest. Yet once found, George Sr. insists he was tricked into working with the Iraqis, leaving Michael no choice but to investigate his father's outrageous claim. But it isn't until Michael and Buster go to Iraq on a rescue mission to save Gob that the depth of the devious plot is revealed…and Michael learns which family member is the real brains behind all the madness.


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Although we're primarily focused on software at AppStorm, it's important not to overlook some of the amazing hardware and physical accessories available for the iPhone. Today I will be outlining 50 different gadgets and gizmos that can add extra functionality to your iPhone or iPod touch.
Accessories are broken down into different categories; speakers, earphones, docks/stands, in-car, cases, and the compulsory "other". Whether you're sat at home, driving to work, or going for a run – you'll be sure to find something interesting in this bumper roundup!


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This morning's Senate Judiciary Committee hearing on global Internet freedom opened with Sen. Dick Durbin (D-IL) announcing that he would "introduce legislation that would require Internet companies to take reasonable steps to protect human rights or face civil or criminal liability." Durbin's staff tell me they're in the early phases of hammering out a draft, so exactly what that amounts to isn't clear yet, but my first-pass gut reaction is that this has the potential to do as much harm as good.
The argument for establishing some such set of rules is pretty straightforward: You don't want the perverse scenario where corporations worry they're shirking their fiduciary responsibility to their shareholders if they fail to compete in the market to provide sophisticated technologies of control and repression to the world's most authoritarian regimes. You don't want despots exploiting the innovation that springs from the very freedom they deny their own people as a means to cement their own control. It's possible to frame this as a collective action problem, with tech companies happy to "do the right thing" provided all their competitors do—but with each ultimately deciding to play ball for fear that if they don't, someone else will. If that accurately captures the dynamic—and, crucially, if the field of competitors is heavily concentrated in the United States—the binding power of legislation could increase the pressure on foreign governments to abandon repressive Internet policies. In theory, anyway.
But which steps are "reasonable," and who decides? Google's recent announcement that it would—eventually—cease its complicity in China's regime of Internet censorship was greeted with general approbation, to the point where it's easy to forget that, even if you're exclusively concerned with what's in the interest of the Chinese people, it's a hard call whether and when a principled refusal to deal is really better than distasteful engagement. As Google's Nicole Wong put it at the hearing, the company's decision to launch Google.cn in 2006 was premised on "the belief that the benefits of increased access to information for people in China and a more open Internet outweighed our discomfort in agreeing to censor some results." They've now apparently decided that the balance of considerations cuts the other way, but it needs to be stressed that it's still a question of balance, and there will be real costs to withdrawal.
The tools Google provides can be useful to scholars and activists despite the constraints imposed by the Chinese government—and even when Google does censor search results, it endeavors to make that censorship at least somewhat transparent, announcing to users that some content has been removed. Few expect China to blink in the face of Google's ultimatum, but it's also worth noting that whatever leverage companies like Google do have over foreign regimes depends in significant part on their having been there in the first place to develop a user base. One can imagine the government facing a political backlash if China's second most popular search engine disappears; it's hard to imagine much outcry over the decision not to enter the market in the first place. Then again, maybe the upshot of all this will just be that the 30 percent of Chinese Internet users who'd gotten censored results on Google will shrug and get their censored results from Baidu instead.
None of this is to say that Google's new course is wrong, just that the questions are complex enough that I'd be chary of imposing criminal penalties on a company that made a different call about the balance of interests. Our own government, after all, routinely decides that some Greater Good is served by cooperation with frankly loathsome regimes, and the track record to date does not inspire vastly more confidence in their judgment than in Google's.
Speakers at the hearing also broached the possibility of government support for various encryption and circumvention technologies that would be useful to foreign dissidents. I'm all for loosening export controls, but as Durbin himself noted, there's a tricky line to walk here: Without a clear separation of Tech and State, repressive regimes will eagerly seek to reframe their arguments with tech firms over the degree of freedom their people should enjoy as an argument with the United States, which will be portrayed as seeking to "force" our particular conception of democracy on sovereign nations. It will be a spurious argument, but that doesn't mean it won't work.
I'll wait to see the actual bill before rendering any firm judgment, but it seems like it would be awfully easy to pass legislation that lets us pat ourselves on the back for our noble ideals without actually doing a whole lot to advance online freedom in practice.


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Hay permits available for highway right-of-ways
Several changes have been made to Kansas Department of Transportation permits to harvest hay along state and federal roadways.
Changes to the permits include:
- Permits expiring on Sept. 31 annually.
- No harvesting permitted on interstate highway right of way.
- No equipment shall be left on the right of way longer than 10 days.
- No signature of county noxious weed director is required.
- KDOT reserves the right to retain up to 20 percent of bales harvested from the right of way as part of the permit agreement.
Permits for adjacent landowners will be given priority until March 31, after which they will be issued in the order they are received.
The applications are available at https://www.ksdot.org/offtransinfo/Form317.pdf.


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Lemonade Heroes Yacht Party and Audition for TV Series! Presented by StartupMixers.com, Hornblower Cruises and Events
Lemonade Heroes
Wednesday, January 30, 2013 from 6:00 PM to 10:00 PM (EST)
Event Details
Come party in style on the new Hornblower Infinity!
Lemonade Heroes™, Hornblower Cruises & Events, and StartupMixers.com have teamed up to bring you a night of dancing, mixing & mingling, and a chance to audition for an Entrepreneurship TV series and book!
Join us for an evening of fun with entrepreneurs, mentors, investors, advisors, media, executives, journalists, young professionals, and our video production crew! With spectacular panoramic views of the Hudson River and midtown, you'll be in the company of like-minded entrepreneurs, both aspiring and accomplished.
The event will take place on board the recently remodeled Hornblower Infinity, a 210' luxury yacht that is the newest flagship in the New York City skyline. From the cobalt blue bars, creatively made of recycled Skyy Vodka bottles, to the brilliant rainbow colors of walls completely lit by LEDs, you'll be mesmerized by technology while the DJ has you dancing. We're featuring a full bar to keep us loose with everything from domestic beers through premium cocktails, and the Hornblower's mixologist created a lemon-themed $5 drink special, just for us!
400+ RSVPs
(note: boat won't be sailing)
"If you're a Founder, then You're a Hero!"
Get the recognition you deserve.
Want to get into the TV series or hardcover book?
Here's your chance.
- When life gave you lemons, did you open a lemonade stand?
- Have you faced difficult challenges, and turned them into victories?
- Did you ever crash and burn, then pull yourself up from the ashes?
We want your stories!
The casting decisions will be made based on four factors: (1) how difficult were the challenges you faced, or continue to face, (2) how impressive has your turnaround been, (3) how strong is the future potential of your business, and (4) your ability to effectively convey this on camera.
How it's going to work...
Guest Pass Tickets:
- On the way in, you'll be photographed on a red carpet like a celebrity (arrive before 7pm!)
- Party with our live DJ and enjoy the full bars with $5 lemon-drink specials (cash bar)
- Meet some of the city's most exciting entrepreneurs, investors, journalists, and media execs
- Note: the producers will only be casting from the attendees in the VIP area
VIP + Audition Tickets:
- All of the above, plus seating in the exclusive VIP area, and:
- One complimentary premium cocktail (otherwise cash bar)
- A free "Lemon" lapel pin, to show your support for entrepreneurship
- At all times, a camera and casting director will be scouting the VIP area
- Get in front of the camera and strut your stuff!
- The camera is your audition opportunity - if you're exciting, you'll advance to the next stage and have a private interview with our second crew:
On-The-Spot Private Interviews:
- Only VIP ticket holders will be considered, and not everyone will be chosen.
- The Casting Director will choose 30 candidates for a private interview ("screen test")
- The screen test will take place on board a separate soundproofed deck with a full video crew, Multiple Cameras, Backdrop, Lighting, Sound, Cosmetics... "the whole nine yards"
- Everyone chosen for a screen test will receive an edited copy of their appearance, most likely 30-60 seconds. This is yours to use as you please...
- If you do a screen test interview, you may receive a callback for a 1-2hr on-location shoot at your place of business. The best footage will be in the final video used to promote the pilot.
Memorize short, clear answers to a few of the most obvious questions.
- What's your name?
- What's your business?
- Why did you get into it?
- What's the hardest challenge you faced?
- How did you turn that situation into a victory?
- Who are some of your role models or inspirations?
- Is your daughter 18? (just kidding, but be ready for the unexpected...)
How do you have the best chance of getting onto the actual show?
Be yourself. Let your passion show through. Don't drink too much until after you're on camera. Don't be afraid to laugh. Or cry. Or act out. Emote!
Get to the point quickly. Your time on camera is precious, so don't waste it with "umm" and "err". Practice a bit in front of a mirror... seriously.
And above all, have fun!
"No matter what, if you're a founder, then you're a hero in my eyes."
- Aaron Sylvan, Lemonade Heroes
Be sure to check out the Vanity Photobooth on board! It lets you Tweet and Share your images in realtime to show your friends the great time you're having!
**Please note: Hornblower Infinity will be docked for the duration of the event.
**Refunds will be granted if requested at least 24 hours before the event**
Presented by:
Thank you to our sponsors
Please take a second & check out their pages, they have some great stuff to offer!
When & Where
Hornblower Infinity
Pier 40
353 West Street
New York,
Wednesday, January 30, 2013 from 6:00 PM to 10:00 PM (EST)
Add to my calendar
Lemonade Heroes
Now casting for the unscripted TV Series!
We believe that entrepreneurs are the new rock stars... and we're developing a new TV series that will follow the business activities of four early-stage companies and their mentors as they:
- market their product to real customers
- learn from experts and mentors
- adapt to new ideas and advice
- enjoy the fruits of their labor
This isn't about a pitch for investors... it's about the daily operations and actual lifestyles of real entrepreneurs, trying to make it in the big city.
How do founders find the strength to face one challenge after another, to motivate their teams after endless struggles and terrible defeats, to ultimately claw their way to victory?
Feel the passion.
Follow the story.
Get pumped by checking out the teaser videos at vimeo.com/lemonadeheroes, and if you think you've got a story we should know about — or if you've got a ton of experience and you think you're a mentor who can help our brighti young stars to excel — then please introduce yourself to us at LemonadeHeroes.com/nominate!
Coming 2014 in hardcover:
"Lemonade Heroes: How Entrepreneurs turn Setbacks into Successes"
Aaron Sylvan, the Author and Photographer, is accepting submissions until September 30, 2013, and the cloth-bound coffee table book of photos, stories, quotes, and observations will be available for delivery before the first day of Spring.
Sneak peeks will be at LemonadeHeroes.com starting in the Fall of 2013, and the final print edition will be comprised of the most interesting images and stories from the website (plus many unpublished ones)!


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The facade as it was under Bobby McApline: The lush vines hang over a pergola placed between the carriage house and the front door. Today, the vines are totally gone!
Recently, we welcomed Bobby McAlpine as a guest on The Skirted Roundtable where he discussed the first house he built for himself – modeled after Edwin Lutyens famous house Homewood. McAlpine's house in Montgomery is a favorite of many of his devotees – and many were especially curious to know who lived in that house now and what it looked like today. Bobby obliged us by talking lovingly about the house – how it basically was built for a bachelor, yet it wasn't until he sold it to an architect at his firm with a wife and two children – did the house truly feel complete. Love was missing when McAlpine lived there alone, and the family living there now completes it. How romantic!
A few weeks ago on Cote de Texas HERE, I showed the Montgomery house as it was designed under Bobby – three different times. The last time, the house was bathed in dark paint and fabrics, representing a time in his life when he wanted to hibernate himself against the world and be protected by the dark paint, which would "envelop him and warm him, like a blanket." Still, readers were curious – what did the house look like now, with the new family happily ensconced there?
As luck would have it, an eagled eyed reader noticed that the house is currently for sale and emailed me the real estate brochure. The pictures are intriguing – they show nooks and crannies of the house that have never before been photographed. As usual, the real estate photos are not staged, so they don't show as beautifully as a photoshoot done for Veranda Magazine. But still, it is fascinating to take one more look at the house – decorated by new owners for a fourth time now. I will also show photos from McAlpine's time to compare to today. Enjoy!
TODAY: The area between the house and the carriage house is open and free of the overhanging vines. I wonder if the vines were actually damaged in a hurricane or storm or if they died in a harsh winter? I miss the vines, but I do love the line of pots with round balls of green. I also love the picket gate and the gravel driveway.
TODAY: The same view, showing the carriage house. I love the gray wood front door and the windows on the carriage house. I wonder what that room looks like upstairs?
TODAY: A closeup view of the carriage house – the garage is open and faces the front door.
TODAY: The view from the opposite side of the house. Here you can see the two projecting wings housing the kitchen in one and the guest room in the other.
TODAY: The gravel garden area outside the living room. You can see the wooden gates on the driveway towards the back, left. The carriage house is behind the tall cypress tree at the back, right.
TODAY: The front doors. I've always wondered about these doors – in some pictures they looked like they were solid, in others they looked paned. Here is a close up view of moveable cypress wood shutters that were the reason for those two different looks! The front doors can be completely closed off by the shutters or left open. Also, note that the garage is open on both sides. Interesting. Another detail never seen before.
TODAY: The living area – open to the front door. The kitchen is seen to the left – right past the cypress paneled wall. Is that a walkway to the left of the front door? Perhaps it houses a guest closet? Notice that the current owners have removed all the dark paint off the walls and returned the entire house to white – as it was during Phase I and II during McAlpine's time. And note, isn't that the same area rug that McAlpine used during Phase III? See below:
PHASE III: The Dark Phase: Here is how McAlpine left the house, with dark walls and dark curtains. The area rug certainly looks similar to what is being used today.
TODAY: The other side of the living room, shows a candle lighting fixture and a large screen, similar to what McAlpine used during Phase II – the White Phase. Maybe it's been recovered? Notice how this family put the dining room table in the main area. McAlpine placed his dining table more towards the front door during Phase I. And the bust in the fireplace – notice that it was there during Phase III above. Is it the same bust?
Phase II: The White Phase: The large screen – similar to what is being used today by current owners, although their screen does appear to be not as wide. I loved this phase!
TODAY: White curtains replaced the darker ones that McAlpine used in Phase III. These sheer white curtains look more like those used during Phase I and II. I think the sconces have been also been replaced. Notice there is a piano against the tall windows.
TODAY: Looking down at the living room from the upstairs window. I love the chandelier! Here you can just spy a bookcase that leads into the kitchen on the back, left. Another new detail just revealed! Isn't this picture reminiscent of Phase I (see below?)
Phase I: The Green Phase: There was more color used during this first design scheme. This picture is similar to how the house looks today. Notice that McAlpine placed the dining table behind the sofa in the entry area.
TODAY: The kitchen appears the same – except for the sconces. Here, the scones are rustic looking with cowhide shades. Also, you can see the small tiled countertop – another new detail for me.
Phase I: The Green Phase: The sconces here were one light fleur-de-lis torches.
PHASE III: the Dark Phase – the sconces look more refined with a large rectangular backplate.
TODAY: A new view of the kitchen. It looks like there is a small eat-in area, never seen before. I think I would paint the cypress wood all gray instead of leaving it with the white paint showing through – but that's me. I just like things neat and tidy (except my own house!) Here you can see up close the bookshelves that are located between the living area and the kitchen.
TODAY: Another new view of the house never seen before – a butler's pantry! The current owners have kept the cypress paneling painted dark gray throughout as McAlpine left it. The cypress truly is a beautiful wood and it makes such a statement – used throughout the house, upstairs and down.
TODAY: The study located behind the fireplace has a large Bobby McApline sofa from Lee Industries. Such a gorgeous sofa!!! It's one of my favorites in the line. This sofa is the Castle Praha #3901-03 from Lee HERE. This room looks totally different in each Phase. Here, the owners have placed a desk behind the sofa, probably to use as a small office. The family most likely watches TV in this room – right next to the former guest bedroom, located behind the cypress wall on the right.
PHASE I: The Green Phase: The study is warm and cozy here, very traditional decor. You can see into the guest bedroom on the right.
PHASE II: The White Phase. Here McApline used it as an extra dining area. The guest room is past the cypress paneling on the right.
PHASE III: The Dark Phase: The most sophisticated and "decorated" phase of the house with Saladino shelter sofas and Rose Tarlow chairs. Today, these dark walls are white again.
TODAY: The guest room, with its low rafter ceiling, is located off the study. McAlpine used it as a guest room, but the current owners use it as the master bedroom. Their two children use the two bedrooms upstairs. This room looks so cozy and warm – just like a centuries old English cottage! They don't need a headboard when there is the cypress wall available instead!
PHASE I: The Green Phase: The guest room seen here during McAlpine's time. I love the way the room is designed here!
TODAY: Before, there have been no pictures of the bathrooms, but in the real estate brochure, they are shown. There appears to be a floating concrete countertop with a bronze vessel sink. This bathroom is off the master bedroom, formerly the guest room.
TODAY: The upstairs bridge is remarkably the same as seen during Phase I and II and III. Even the urn remains in the identical place, as do the pier glass mirrors placed at each end of the long hall.
PHASE I: The Green Phase: Seagrass cover the bridge floor here – you can see the gorgeous antique tapestry, left, hanging in the living room. And there is the same vase. Do you think McAlpine forgot it on his way out – or did he gift it to the current owners, an architect in his firm? Hmmmm….. Beautiful photograph.
TODAY: One of the two upstairs bedrooms – I never realized the doors to the bedrooms were closed off by the cypress wood barn style door. I love the bed in front of the gorgeous window. Outside the door, the pier glass mirror in the bridge area remains.
TODAY: The second bedroom upstairs. The two bedrooms appear to be mirror images.
PHASE II: The White Phase. McAlpine used this second floor room as his master bedroom.
PHASE III: The Dark Phase: Here a long sofa was placed in front of the window, making the bedroom appear more like a living area.
PHASE III: The Dark Phase: The same bedroom, with the bed in front of the paneling.
TODAY: The upstairs bathroom, with a concrete countertop and interesting hammered metal sink.
TODAY: The house sits on a large corner lot. Here is a view of the yard and another dog!
The Montgomery house has 3,757 sq. ft. and is listed HERE for….. are you ready for the price????? $499,000. A STEAL!!!!!! I am shocked at this price. Just shocked! Are you????? The house would list for at least twice that amount in Houston!!!! I am so thankful to the reader who spotted this real estate listing – especially when everyone was so interested to see how the house looked today. Amazing it is for sale now.
So, of course, curiosity got to me and I wondered whether there are any other Bobby McAlpine designed houses now for sale around the country? Of course there are! Here are a few that I saw:
For Sale: House #1:
The first house for sale designed by Bobby McAlpine is located in a gated community near the Blue Ridge Mountains in Boone, North Carolina. There is a pool, stone walls, and lots and lots of room. Built in 2000, it is located on over 12 acres of land. The asking price is $2,285,000 – and that's after a reduction of over $200,000. Here, the back side of the house overlooks the swimming pool reached by a Lutyens style wooden gate.
The front of the house. Somehow the entry reminds me of the Montgomery house with the tall paned windows over the shorter front door!!! Here, another Lutyens style wooden gate leads to the front courtyard. A low stone wall surrounds the house.
Blue Ridge Mountains: the pool house is so charming, as is the gate and stone fence on the left leading to the area.
The family room overlooking the back porch is bright and airy with its wood ceiling and bay window. I love the furniture in this room! As usual, the real estate photographs of this house leave much to be desired. To see more pictures of this house, visit the listing HERE.
For Sale: House #2:
The next Bobby McAlpine designed house for sale is located in Atlanta, Georgia in Tuxedo Park. Built in 2005, it has 7 bedrooms and 7 and 2 half bathrooms. Asking price? $5,200.000. Listing is HERE. The house was built by Benecki HERE. The lot is problematic - hilly and very narrow, but deep. Here McAlpine solved the issue by placing two carriage houses located streetside. The main house is seen between the two.
The front of the house with a clock above the window! How charming!
The back of the house: the yard is long and narrow and hilly which caused many design issues.
Close up of the pool and the wooded area past it.
The front entry with wonderful wood walls and glass paned doors. Great lantern! The entry here becomes a room the way McAlpine has designed it.
Another view of the entry showing the beautiful staircase.
The front living room overlooking the courtyard and the carriage houses.
The house is deep and narrow. Here the kitchen is off the main hall that leads from the entry and past the dining room.
The family room, off the kitchen, leads to the upstairs porch that overlooks the back yard and the pool.
What do you do if you want to live in a McAlpine house, but are unable to? You can rent one! This beach house in Rosemary Beach Florida is available for rent. Three bedrooms, 3 1/2 baths, the house is white stucco. Here the front gate leads into the courtyard where the swimming pool is.
Built by Benecki Homes, HERE with interiors by Melanie Turner (Mrs. Benecki), this Rosemary Beach house designed by Bobby McAlpine is available for rent at $5,500 a week. Now, remember it sleeps 10 – so you can divide it up and charge every adult and child 1/10 and then it is not so expensive. I wouldn't recommend charging children who are still in diapers, but anyone potty trained has to pay up! Personally, I'm not sure where you would fit 10 people here as there are only 3 bedrooms. The swimming pool is said to be largest in Rosemary Beach at over 20 by 40'. Several blogs have shown this beach house, but I just love it too much not to include it and what's wrong with repeating a good thing???? For information on rentals, go HERE.
The courtyard off the house. So cute!!
The main living area with the kitchen behind the curved wood rafters. Melanie Turner designed the interiors – all in white slipcovers. A smaller sitting area is in the alcove to the left.
The view of the main living area from the other side. Here the stairs are located behind the curved rafters that are a mirror image of the kitchen. Tongue and groove wood walls and ceilings.
View of the main living room with the high back sofa and wonderful driftwood lamp. The courtyard lies beyond this paned window.
A view of the disguised kitchen. Notice the x feature at the end of the island. Just gorgeous! The door leads to the courtyard and the swimming pool.
The small alcove off the main living area – two large sofas and a beautiful fireplace.
The main bedroom – designed just as the rest of the house is. I absolutely love the decor and could live in this beach house year round! McAlpine has designed more than a few houses in Rosemary Beach and surrounding areas. Be sure to look at his portfolio and press pages to see more HERE.
A HUGE thank you again to the reader who spotted the original Bobby McAlpine house for sale! Let me know if any of you buy it!!!!
AND: A reminder – the new Skirted Roundtable is up. It's Linda, Megan and me talking about the current state of magazines. Listen HERE.


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Urban homesteading is, in part, about independence—learning skills that will decrease your reliance on systems and entities you abhor. But sometimes it's about interdependence. And lucky for me, I have an amazing bunch of friends. Friends with superpowers, in fact. Beer-making, meat-curing, bread-baking, food-pickling superpowers.
A few weeks ago, my good friend Shannan (who is definitely invited to live at my house during the Zombie Apocalypse, because she makes bacon jam and can build useful, pretty things with wood and tools) formed a new obsession—meat curing. She read and researched and imagined and fantasized, and she posted her meat musings on Facebook. Pretty soon, there was a long thread amongst three of four friends about the hows and whys and wherefores of charcuterie, and the only thing holding them back was the where. While a closet will do in a pinch, what you really need, it turns out, is a basement, kind of humid, dark, good air circulation.
That's when I chimed in. Since my Sweet Feller set up his brewery in the basement kitchen, things have gotten much more clean and organized down there. In fact, there's a shower down there that isn't hooked up to plumbing at the moment. It's the perfect space to cure meat.
So Shannan, who is fiercely organized and determined once she sets her mind to something, set up a Doodle calendar so we could find a date for meat hanging. She happened to mention, just in passing, that she had made some bacon jam recently, and would we like to taste it? (Of course we would!) I had visions of eating bacon jam by an open fire, so I suggested we start a blaze in the fire bowl in the backyard. Which brought about the suggestion of marshmallows. Then s'mores. Then s'mores with bacon jam. With John's homebrew. (Like I said, superpowers.)
I had recently placed an order for blue dove oyster mushroom grain spawn and thought I might start the spawn that same afternoon with my friend Connie (maker of homemade tempeh — yep, superpower), who split the grain spawn order with me. The spawn didn't arrive in time, however, but I told Connie she should come on over, anyway, since there was bacon jam and charcuterie. As it happens, she had recently come into a wild boar ham, so she was interested in attaining curing skills, too.
So here we all were—Shannan, Jen, Connie, Rachel, John, and me. Shannan had salted and seasoned a hunk of pork belly with salt and pepper, rosemary, and a bunch of other stuff and let it sit in her fridge for a week until it was firm to the touch. She wrapped and tied it in cheese cloth.
Today she brought it to my house. I had put a suspension rod over the top of the old shower stall for her use, and there it hangs. We discussed air circulation (she judged it to be adequate), temperature (just right), humidity (also good), and light (it's quite dark in there once the light is out). She will check in on it every few days over the next several weeks to monitor its drying. Once it has lost 30 percent of its weight, it's pancetta. All of this was just fine with me, on one condition–that she address me as the Supreme High Goddess of the Temple of Meat. When she had agreed to that, I gave her a key to my basement.
Then we moved outside into the backyard, where John had the fire going. We passed around the Charcuterie Bible and talked recipes, superpowers, and other possible things we could learn from and teach one another. Connie had brought a beautiful loaf of homemade bread, and Rachel walked in with two jars of her pickles. We opened the bread-and-butter pickles and ate them on top of slices of bread with bacon jam. Then we washed them down with John's IPA and honey porter. A.Maze.Ing.(Also amazing, it turns out, are s'mores with giant super-sized marshmallows, dark chocolate, and more bacon jam. Shannan burned her hand with a melted bit of marshmallow, but she finished her s'more before treating the burn. That's how good they were.)
While I am secure in my status as Goddess of the Temple of Meat, Jen really is the Meat Goddess. Over the weekend, she bought a wine refrigerator on Craig's List brand-new for practically nothing.
It's perfect, she says, as a meat-curing chamber. She also owns a 19th-century cast-iron sausage press, and she has been using this baby for years to make savory goodness. It took no time at all for her duck prosciutto to go right in to its new chamber. When Jen talks about these things, she gets a rapturous look on her face and does a happy meat clap.
These are the people you want to know anytime, because they are so cool, but in an apocalypse, you really want their skills and knowledge. That is why we are calling today Session 1 of the Apocalypse Academy. Today we covered meat curing. And next time, we grow mushrooms. When it's the End of the World As We Know It, we'll feel fine.