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Some say gallery walls are trending out in favor of larger scale art. Maybe. It makes sense that gallery walls on every wall (especially the ones with a ton of tiny frames) might feel a little less “new and fresh” these days. But I’d argue that a collection of frames hung together on the wall feels pretty classic if you stop and think about it. Watch Home Alone. They totally have a gallery wall going up their formal staircase in the foyer where Kevin sleds and hurls paint cans. But one spot I love for a gallery wall these days is actually around a TV. Why? Well, that big black box isn’t exactly gorgeous.
It’s often this hulking dark thing on an otherwise bare wall, so why not break things up and add a few other rectangular things to deemphasize it. It’s not like the TV disappears when you add a gallery – but at least you have a few other (prettier) spots to rest your eyes. And you can always turn on Planet Earth, since that makes any TV look like art in a nanosecond.
We first blogged about adding a frame gallery around our living room television, oh, FOUR AND A HALF YEARS AGO (evidence: here – also how funny is the “What Does the Fox Say?” reference – ah, 2013). Things have evolved A LOT in that room since then (hello paint!) and the gallery got a few tweaks (some new art there, some frame switches there) but it has pretty much stood the test of time. And since I get a bunch of questions every time we show a smidge of it on social media, this post is for everyone asking about framing arrangements, what to frame, how to hang them, and where we get our art. So let’s dive in, Planet Earth Style. I’ll be the whale if you’re that big school of tiny reflective fish.
Dealing With The TV
First, if you listened to last week’s podcast you heard that we got a new TV (the old and very faithful one now lives at the beach house, reunited with our old couch and it feels so good). We also decided to mount our new TV on the wall and used one of those in-wall power cord systems to hide the wire. That whole process only takes an hour or so and is SO WORTH IT. We’ve got an entire post dedicated to creating a cord-free TV wall if you’re interested in a step-by-step tutorial on that. That post also shows you how to hide a cable box if you have one. And if you’re looking to cut the cord, here’s how we did that.
But it’s not absolutely necessary to mount your TV to create a good-looking frame gallery around it. As you can see in the old photo below, we had ours resting on the media cabinet for years. But mounting it has definitely made the room feel more spacious and less cluttered. Also, we are BIG FANS of secondhand dressers as TV cabinets – this one is from a thrift store and we have a similar one in our bonus room from Craigslist.
Getting Your Frame Arrangement Right
Ok, now onto actually hanging your frames around the TV. There are a few methods you can use…
1. The Floor Method
Grab whatever frames you have on hand and want to use (or pick up new ones that you love) and lay them out on the floor, with a gap on the floor in the shape of your TV (measure it to get the correct amount of space). Then just move them around on the floor to see what layout you like. That’s how we created this very frame wall in our original post… back when our living room was overwhelmingly, mind-numbingly brown.
2. The Paper Method
This one is really easy too, and if you are worried you won’t like things once they’re up on the wall, it’s the one to try. Because it helps you visualize things right on the wall before you actually hang the frames. How? Use newspaper, brown paper bags, or even printer paper (taped together if you need to make a larger piece of paper) and cut them to the size of each frame you want to hang. Then you just tape them up on the wall using masking or painter’s tape, and move them around until you like the arrangement and are ready to put the actual frames up in place of the paper templates. You can see that method in use here in our last house where we created a frame gallery in the hallway. Less busy paper would be easier on the ol’ eyeballs, but you get the idea.
3. The Sheet Method
This is kind of a combo move of the two above. SHAROOOKEN! You arrange your frames on the floor, but on top of a large sheet of paper (like brown craft paper, red rosin paper, or even wrapping paper if that’s all you have). Once you reach the arrangement you like, trace each frame onto the paper – even marking the spot where each one hangs on the back – creating an oversized template that you can transfer right onto your wall. It’s best on small to medium sized frame groupings (like this one we hung in our last house) because you’re somewhat limited by the size of your paper roll, but this would totally work on either side of the TV (you’d make two in that case).
4. The Figure-It-Out-As-You-Go Method
You also can be a rebel and JUST HANG STUFF ON THE WALLS! I wouldn’t recommend going totally rogue and just making holes willy-nilly (although I’ve done that and spackling takes like three minutes so it’s not the biggest deal if you end up there). But if you break things down into sections it’ll help you stay on track. For example: start by getting the centering and spacing of the frames above your TV to your liking first. Then that’ll help guide the height and spacing of the frames to the left of the TV. Once those are set, you can match them on the right side.
How To Tie Frame Groupings Together
“Should I use all the same frames?” “Is there’s some sort of formula for mixing them?” “Should all of the art be black & white or all the same type of thing (all sketches, all photos, all paintings?)” Questions like this abound. So I’ll try to explain what works for us and why we typically end up there – although this is definitely one of those “we’ve seen it done so many different ways, there are probably a million ways to skin this cat” kind of things. Personally, we started with all white frames in here, and I slowly found myself craving a little more variety, so over time if I found nice light wood frames (like the two over the TV) or some pretty thin gold ones (like the five of those you see below) I slowly brought those in to mix things up.
But despite having different frames up there, these are three factors that help tie the arrangement together:
Mats! See how most of the frames above have white mats? That ties them together and helps your eye take them all in as one big “family”
Color palette! It might not be what you notice right away, but a lot of the art has similar tones – there’s a lot of green, blue, and pink. And again lots of white in the art and the mats too. Even the objects on the wall (the antlers and the faux turtle shell) are white, so nothing is too jarring and it all looks related, yet not super cloned and repetitive.
Spacing! A lot of times this is the thing that makes a wall feel off. If the frames are hung too far apart, they read more like a smattering of islands, too far away from each other to be viewed as a grouping. The ideal spacing for me is usually 2-3″ (any closer and they can feel clumped and crowded). Also remember to treat the TV like just another frame and try to mimic the same spacing around it. This can be tricky because the TV sits off the wall a bit and that depth can change the spacing depending on your vantage point. I try to step back and view things from the couch across the room, since that’s where everyone will be viewing it most frequently.
What Should I Frame?
Since our arrangement is a mix of frame types and sizes, we wanted the items that we framed to be a bit of a mix as well. Had this been a more gridded frame gallery using identical frames – like this one we did above the couch in our last house or down our old hallway – we probably would’ve kept the art more consistent too. But to give you a sense of the random mix we’ve hung here, I added some numbers to the next two photos so you can see we have up there, where we got things, and why we love ’em.
1. Family photos (one of me with our daughter and a similar shot with our son around the same age – the mat didn’t come with that frame, it came from another frame and I switched it out)
2. White faux antlers (these were black and I painted them white years ago, but now they sell them in white all the time – here are some similar ones and this set of three is awesome too)
3. Another family photo (this is one of our favorite wedding pics because it looks like we’re standing in a bush)
4. A little algae/anemone thing I painted (this one is cut off, as is the middle one above the TV, but you can see it if you scroll up to the photo before it. I just wanted something in those colors and did it quickly to throw it up “just for now” and it has been there for years – ha!)
5. A postcard from a local art exhibit (I loved the colors and the artist, so why not frame the postcard?!)
6. Photo of a succulent (this is a photo we took while shooting our second book – love the soothing colors and all that white space – here’s a link to it in our Society6 shop)
7. Original painting (this is one of my favorite Etsy artists who sells tiny original paintings & prints and I LOVE THEM!)
8. A book page (yup, this is from one of my favorite photography books by Gray Malin, who shoots beaches from above)
9. Another succulent photo we took and got printed (here’s the link to it on our Society6 shop)
10. A faux turtle shell by Nate Berkus for Target (this was from his very first collection there, memories) – here’s something similar
11. More family photos (on this side it’s John with our daughter and our son in basically the same exact pose – I switched a mat from a different frame into this one)
12. Another original painting (from the same woman on Etsy who did the one on the other side – so in love with her stuff)
13. Map with pins where we’ve gone (got the map on eBay, took out the glass of the frame and backed it with cork so the pins would stick) – here are some similar maps
14. Another postcard (from the very same art exhibit – gives the wall balance and it’s more of those blue/pink tones that reoccur, so it ties things together)
I talked more about my process for finding frameable “art” recently on Instagram too (on one of our trips to the beach house) so check out the video below for more examples of how we fill our frames without breaking the bank:
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Also! Frame PSA! The gold frames you saw in that video are my very favorite, and they don’t hail from a fancy and expensive frame store – they’re from Target! They come with the mats, are extremely pretty, and come in a bunch of sizes (I have all three of these sizes all over our house and the beach house). And the artist from Etsy that I shouted out in that last video is Emily Jeffords, who recently got picked up by Minted! Love her stuff so much.
As for how we hang them, here’s a quick video that I made for InstaStories a little while ago (sometimes videos help more than a static pic):
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So there it is, a full succulent-riddled detail-riddled rundown of our TV frame wall. If you’re still feeling like you don’t know where to start or how to approach this, my loving encouragement would be: JUST START! You can see from the video above that holes in the walls behind frames don’t even get seen! So if you hang something too low and have to move it up, it IS NO BIG DEAL. Even if you have to spackle a few holes, that is as easy as spreading butter on bread, and you know you can do that. I believe in you. May your walls be happy and your holes be hidden behind frames like mine, ha!
Oh and if you have a lower TV/media cabinet situation and are left with a big bare spot on the wall above it all, here’s what we did to fill that space in our last house. So easy and so cheap! And for more framing/art ideas, we have a whole archive full of ’em, so have at it!
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WOW! Ranbir Kapoor and Virat Kohli to compete in a charity football match
Bollywood and cricket are two of the most celebrated industries in India and watching them come together is always a pleasure. While there amalgamation is often in the form of IPL or many a times even personal, the two industries are now coming together for charity.
Readers may be aware that Ranbir Kapoor, Abhishek Bachchan, Arjun Kapoor and many other celebrities share their passion towards football and are often seen practicing at the grounds in Bandra, suburban Mumbai. But their practice is not restricted to personal interest. They went ahead and formed the All Stars Football Club which is owned by Bunty Walia. Now the ASFC team will play a match with All Heart Football Club owned by Virat Kohli Foundation.
The AHFC consists of cricket players like Mahendra Singh Dhoni, Yuvraj Singh, Harbhajan Singh among others and they will be playing the match opposite ASFC at the famous Mumbai Football Arena in Andheri Sports Complex. In fact, according to recent reports, the prep for the same has already kick started with members of ASFC already practicing regularly in order to face their fitter competitors.
As for the charity, Bunty Walia revealed that their aim is to raise funds for varied charities and one of the causes they are supporting is that of self-defense for women. In fact, a part of the match’s collections will be donated to Akshay Kumar and Aaditya Thackeray’s initiative, the self-defense center for women. Another portion will be to fund the state-of-the-art gym at Andheri Sports Complex.
Bunty Sajdeh who is the owner of ASFC is impressed by the potential this match holds since it brings together the known personalities of the cricket world and Bollywood together in one platform. The last year’s match is said to have ended in a draw and a part of its funds were given to the drought-affected areas of Maharashtra.
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Once again, we’ve had a cavalcade of fresh new releases flooding in this Spring, which is going to make for some epic Spotify playlists and other enjoyable listening this summer. Here’s a recap of some of the cream of the recent crop.
Stephen Malkmus and the Jicks – Sparkle Hard
Stephen Malkmus has been indie rock royalty for decades, going back to his critically lauded work with Pavement back in the 90s. Since their break up in 1999, Malkmus has released a string of well received solo albums with his backing band The Jicks. For my money, his masterpiece as a solo artist remains 2008’s Real Emotional Trash, where Malkmus let his freak flag fly with a full four tracks breaching the six minute mark and the title cut even stretching out over ten jammy minutes. His newest album, Sparkle Hard, represents his strongest work since that high water mark. The lyrics are as offhandedly witty as ever, with Malkmus critiquing everything from the proliferation of bike lanes to social media, while taking a few swipes at confirmation bias on the earworm highlight “Brethren”. Musically things are still pretty casual, although there a couple instances of rocking out, like the big fuzzy guitars of “Cast Off” and “Shiggy”. But most impressively, there’s also a willingness to experiment a little, such as the sophisticated string section on “Solid Silk” and the country swing of “Refute” where guest Kim Gordon delivers a winking verse about infidelity and dysfunctional families. Not all of it gels, I’m still not completely sold on the autotune vocals of the chugging “Rattler”, but you have to hand it to Malkmus for at least trying out some different approaches. Which ultimately is one of the great pleasures of the album, it’s a portrait of an artist comfortable enough to deliver the goods effortlessly, but also with the confidence to take a few risks and throw in a few well placed curveballs.
Skee Mask – Compro
German producer Bryan Müller has been generating some serious heat with his second full length under the Skee Mask moniker, Compro. Not only did it snag the coveted Best New Music seal of approval from Pitchfork, but the initial vinyl pressing sold out in just a couple of days. With good reason though, not only is Compro now a front runner for best electronic album of the year, but it may just be a new classic. Throwing out the classic tag is not just hyperbole here, this is a strikingly mature effort that has an oddly timeless quality to it. Occasionally it even calls to mind the early work of the great Aphex Twin, especially on the brooding “Via Sub Mids“. Even though Compro sounds like it could have come out in the 90s, it doesn’t come off as dated or recursive. The album also embraces a wide variety of moods and tempos, from the enveloping ambience of “VLI” to the muscular breaks of “Dial 274” and the skittering drumnbass of “Soundboy Ext.“. But what’s extraordinary is that despite the array of subgenres that Skee Mask tackles, he nails each with equal aplomb. Additionally, he manages to weave these styles into a cohesive whole that flows naturally from track to track. Technically this is a masterfully work, the mix is crystal clear with each sound occupying just the right amount of space, even when elements become stacked high upon each other. But it’s the callbacks to earlier classics that give the tracks emotional heft. By tapping into the sense memories of the giants upon which Skee Mask is standing upon, a new dimension of depth is added to his music and it opens up the possibility of him joining the pantheon of electronic music greats one day.
Courtney Barnett – Tell Me How You Really Feel
When Courtney Barnett broke through to a wide audience with her full length debut, Sometimes I Sit and Think, and Sometimes I Just Sit, it was a breath of fresh air, injecting a much needed authenticity and rawness back into rock. She followed that up with last year’s collabo with Kurt Vile, Lotta Sea Lice, which was decidedly more laid back and breezy. That project’s aesthetic, at least in terms of the music, has seeped into her latest effort Tell Me How You Really Feel, which for the most part is a slow burning affair of ballads and midtempo material. There’s certainly nothing as punchy here as the snarl Barnett unleashed on Sometime’s big single, “Pedestrian at Best“. Lyrically, the opener’s “Hopefulessness” advice of “Take your broken heart/ Turn it into art” seems to be the album’s manifesto, as much of the album deals with relationships problems and disillusion. There are a couple more energetic numbers, including “Crippling Self Doubt and a General Lack of Self Confidence“, but the oversharing title really says it all in terms of the song’s meaning. Elsewhere, Barnett ruminates on the isolation and monotony of touring on “City Looks Pretty” and just when it seems things might get too grim, she busts out an unabashed love song with the closing “Sunday Roast” which builds to an uplifting coda and ends things on a positive note. There’s been some negative buzz around this release, but that may be disappointment on the part of those who were looking for a raucous summertime album to play while partying in the sun. While this isn’t that, the songwriting is still strong and Barnett’s loose guitar leads have a shaggy dog charm. Plus, summer isn’t always all bbqs and beach days, this album will be a good one to spin on those cloudy mornings while waiting for the sun to break through.
Jon Hopkins – Singularity
Jon Hopkins has been making intellectual leaning electronic music for a while, but previously he was best known for his production work for Brian Eno and Coldplay. However, that changed in 2013 when he knocked it out of the park with his fourth full length release Immunity, an album superlative enough to land on my own top ten list of that year. One particular standout from that set was the pulsating “Open Eye Signal” that featured a modulating bass synth that sounded like electricity coursing through corroded circuits over a house beat. Unfortunately Hopkins’ new album opens with a trio of tunes that practically sound like reworks of that track, with the same dirty tones and similar chord progressions appearing throughout. To be fair, these are still well made compositions with an admirable attention to detail. One of Hopkins’ most remarkable feats is that he makes music that is both expansive and yet also somehow feels like a window to the molecular. If there were a soundtrack to the relatively enormous swaths of empty space between an atom’s nucleus and electrons, this could be it. But having said that, it’s hard not to hear Singularity as merely treading the same ground Hopkins broke open so creatively with Immunity. The second half of the album skews more toward the ambient and cinematic, and it’s here that there’s a little more room for the music to push forward. But by then we’ve already spent nearly a half hour traversing Immunity 2.0. Hopkins remains a world class audio sculptor, these tunes will sound simply miraculous on your speakers, but it’s hard not to wish that there was a bit more in terms of ideas to fully flesh those elements out into something that builds upon his earlier work.
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There are many aspects of modern dentistry that have ties back to ancient times. From primitive toothbrushes to tooth fillings in ancient Egypt, we’ve learned and progressed significantly from practices originally used thousands of years ago.
However, what if we told you chewing gum history is just as storied as some of the practices mentioned from ancient Egypt? In fact, there’s evidence that Europeans chewed birch bark tar more than 9,000 years ago as a way to relieve toothaches. Will you ever look the same at those colorful packages lining the grocery store checkout? Chewing gum for dental health is a practice that has transcended millenniums while helping to cure dry mouth or relive pain. Keep reading as we unpack the chewing gum’s sticky history!
The history of chewing gum
There’s evidence that chewing gum actually dates back more than 9,000 years. Originally the substances chewed had medicinal purposed and were thought to receive toothaches or quench thirst. Some cultures even had strict social constraints on who could chew gum. For instance, in many societies, kids and single women could chew it in public while married women were allowed to only do it in private as a way to freshen their breath. Men, on the other hand, had to chew gum in private and used it solely as a way to clean teeth.
Fast forward to the 19th century where Europeans began to use products that local Indians already used as part of their cultures. By 1850 this led the first chewing gum factory to be opened. The original gum was made from spruce tree resin boiled down and coated with cornstarch. Unfortunately, the combination was less than ideal, and led subsequent produces to use paraffin wax instead of spruce tree gum. Once again, the products evolved, and chicle was substituted for paraffin wax. This combination of ingredients worked so well that it remained largely unchanged until the mid-1900s.
In 1928, bubble gum made its first entrance onto the market. This product was different than other chewing gums since it was made with the purpose of blowing bubbles. After more than a decade of comic failures, Flank Fleer finally created what we know as Double Bubble.
Today, the market is full of different varieties of gum. From dental chewing gum to the gum that comes inside lollipops, there is something out there for everyone. In 2017 over 72.04 million Americans chew at least one stick of spearmint flavored gum—the most popular flavor on the market. Peppermint, wintergreen and fruit flavors fill out the next three spots. Although it took over a decade to produce, bubble gum is one of America’s least favorite flavors with only 22 million people chewing it.
Dentists have long recognized the oral health benefits of chewing gum. Studies have shown that chewing sugar-free gum after a meal can help rinse off harmful acids and help prevent potential of tooth decay. In addition, chewing gums helps to stimulate up to ten times as much as saliva in your mouth as an otherwise unoccupied mouth (dry mouth can lead to significant oral health problems since bad bacteria are able to infiltrate gum lines easier).
Finally, chewing gum can prevent the growth of bad bacteria that causes cavities since one of the main ingredients in gum—xylitol—causes the mouth to become inhospitable to these bacteria. It’s due to these benefits that the American Dental Association has put its seal of approval on sugar-free gums. If you’re in a pinch after a meal and need something to freshen your breath or otherwise don’t have the opportunity to brush, popping in some sugar free gum is a great and long-since popular option!
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In den letzten Lebensjahren hat Pound so gut wie nicht mehr gesprochen. Er war sehr versunken in seiner Stummheit. Auch mit seiner Lebensgefährtin Olga Rudge hat er nur das Nötigste geredet. Meine letzte Begegnung mit ihm war kurz vor seinem Tod in Venedig. Im Restaurant bestellte Olga für ihn das Essen. Als es auf dem Tisch stand, sagte er: „Was ist das? Hast du das für mich bestellt?“ Sie zischte: „Ja, Ezra, iss es!“ Bei meiner Abreise bestellte Olga eine Gondel, die mich zum Bahnhof bringen sollte. Pound fuhr mit und wollte, obwohl er schon betagt war, unbedingt meinen schweren Koffer tragen. Er hat sich mit einem Gepäckträger am Bahnhof fast darum geprügelt. Aber gesagt hat er nichts mehr.
— Eva Hesse über die letzten Jahre von Ezra Pound
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The investigation begins with a citation from Macrobius’s Saturnalia to the effect that “four deities preside over the birth of every human being: Daimon, Tyche, Eros, and Ananke (Demon, Chance, Love, and Necessity).” He then turns to a work in which Goethe—an author who, incidentally, spent his life working on a sprawling multi-volume project (Faust)—takes up Macrobius’s list, expanding it to include Elpis (Hope). The five chapters of the work correspond to Goethe’s five figures, with Chance replaced by “Aventure” (Provençal for “adventure”) and Necessity by “Event.” Hence the reader must be familiar with two dead languages—Greek and Provençal—even to scan the table of contents, and the rest of the work shows the same breezy erudition for which Agamben is well known. Yet his fast-paced argumentation keeps the reader from getting bogged down, as every confusing or baffling point is quickly succeeded by a fresh idea or interpretation.
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[The Sea Ranch Lodge, Photo by BUILD LLC]
Anyone in a design-related profession toils with the constraints imposed on the objects of their labor. For architects, these come in the form of ever-increasing land use codes, building codes, and community covenants. And to say that these rules have a real effect on houses and buildings is an understatement. In extreme examples, such regulations can all but shape a project. This enforced control of the built environment often seems antithetical to the very innovation and creativity that architecture aims to achieve, and yet it is precisely these constraints that make a place harmonious and exceptional under the right circumstances. For quite some time now, the circumstances we’ve been most fascinated with are those of planned communities. Some planned communities are among the most thoughtful built-environments we’ve experienced, while others are middling or feel like a weak replica of past times to the design-minded. All are subject to their respective codes and community covenants, so it isn’t the mere presence or absence of constraints that seem to make or break a planned community, but other factors.
We’ve selected three planned communities as examples of the harmony that can be obtained with the correct balance of these factors.
The first, an architect’s go-to for planned communities, is The Sea Ranch which was established in 1965 and is a community of approximately 700 cabins and homes located about 100 miles north of San Francisco on California’s Sonoma County Coast.
The second is Central Oregon’s Black Butte Ranch which was started in 1970 and is a community of about 1,200 cabins and homes nestled in the Deschutes National Forest about 150 miles southeast of Portland.
The third is a relatively recent community with plans to grow. The Pass Life, was started in 2011 and is a community of 30 loft cabins perched on Snoqualmie Pass, just 65 miles east of Seattle. These three communities have a great deal in common and one of these factors is the presence of strong community covenants. But as mentioned earlier, covenants alone do not guarantee the character of the community.
Take, for example, the Sea Ranch Covenants, Conditions & Restrictions (CC&Rs) which address the acceptable exterior color palettes of cabins relative to their lot location (Section 3.03, subsection 5 if you want to get all technical):
The colors of all exterior surfaces shall be shades of grey or brown of values between black and white or shades of grey-greens or brown-greens (such as russet, citrine, and olive) of values between black and medium, and the value range for each lot shall be further limited by the applicable letter key, if any, set forth on a subdivision map, as follows:
(aa) the value range for “A” lots shall be white to medium;
(bb) the value range for “B” lots shall be medium light to medium dark; and
(cc) the value range for “C” lots shall be medium to dark.
At face value, these covenants don’t seem decisive or compelling enough to separate the wheat from the chaff. They could just as easily be a recipe for dull, suburban homogeneity rather than helping define the ideal that The Sea Ranch has become. The CC&Rs of each of the planned communities are full of passages like this one, and getting to the root of their harmony begs for a deeper more cerebral read of the planned communities we love best.
[Cabin at The Sea Ranch, Photo by BUILD LLC]
As students of, travelers to, and even owners within planned communities, it’s an issue near and dear to us. As architects and designers, the issue is also too important to dismiss as mere subtly, serendipity, or, worse yet, chance. Digging into the matter further, we believe that there’s an essential DNA to the planned communities that achieve harmony.
[Cabins at Black Butte Ranch, Photo by BUILD LLC]
We’ve read the books, we’ve spent weekends, weeks, and even summers at some of them, and we’ve photographed them inside and out. We’ve picked them apart architecturally, we’ve read through their covenants, and we’ve studied their business plans. While there are many ways to approach these planned communities, and even more ways to experience them, we believe that we’ve got our catalog of qualities that set these special communities apart.
[Lofts at The Pass Life, Photo by BUILD LLC]
But before we get to these qualities, it’s worth sharing some of the gems we’ve found along the way. The following quotes and observations were pulled from our research and experiences over the years. They get to the essence of each community and help go beyond pretty pictures and speak to the thoughtfulness and carefulness of each community.
[The Sea Ranch Lodge (left) and Condominiums (right), Photo by BUILD LLC]
“At The Sea Ranch we have developed a community—based in wild nature and sustained by its beauty. We have an important responsibility here. What do we bring to this environment and how do we alter it? I feel myself a custodian rather than an owner of it. . . . I feel I owe constant vigilance and care for its poetic and spiritual survival. I hope those who follow me feel the same.”
–Lawrence Halprin, Landscape Architect of The Sea Ranch, from the book: The Sea Ranch
[The Sea Ranch Lodge, Photo by BUILD LLC]
“Ordinary Architecture “Not an act of ordinariness, but allowing a building to do what it was meant to do by ordinary means with a minimum of strain.” “You don’t have to engage in structural or shape making gymnastics that require a lot of huffing and puffing and the spending of a lot of the client’s money.”
–Charles W. Moore, Architect of The Sea Ranch, from the book: The Sea Ranch
[The Pool House at Black Butte Ranch, Photo by BUILD LLC]
“With Lakeside, we set out to both honor and evolve the Northwest modern aesthetic of Black Butte Ranch. Because of the site’s stunning setting, it was essential that the building be secondary to the landscape—that the architecture serves as an aperture for the site, making connections to the land stronger and more immediate.”
–Hacker Architects, Architect of the new Black Butte Ranch recreation center
[Cabins at Black Butte Ranch, Photo by BUILD LLC]
“The architecture [at Black Butte Ranch] was a larger story about Pacific Northwest Modernism, and the region has a legacy of creating buildings that are self-confident interpretations of Modernism, but also subordinate themselves to the natural environment” –Corey Martin, Hacker Architects
[The Pool House at Black Butte Ranch, Photo by Jeremy Bittermann]
“No man-made structure should even attempt to compete with the view of the Three Sisters and surrounding snow-capped peaks.”
-George Sheldon, Architect of Black Butte Ranch Lodge, from the book: There Is A Place; Black Butte Ranch
“The meadow and entry [were kept] wide open to make spaces that are completely visible when owners turn in from the highway. That creates ‘a feeling of generosity,’ each owner having a sense of proprietorship beyond his own piece of land.”
-Don Goodhue, Planner of Black Butte Ranch, from the book: There Is A Place; Black Butte Ranch
[Lofts at The Pass Life, Photo by BUILD LLC]
“Our holistic approach to development means more than creating the mountain town of the future. It involves building a community that’s open to everyone.”
–Evolution Projects
[The Pass Life, Photo by BUILD LLC]
“If there’s a higher-level consciousness around crafting and creating a space, people respond to it. But you don’t do it to sell stuff. You do it because you care.”
–Bryce Phillips, Evolution Projects
Evident in the thoughts and quotes about these three communities, the quality and harmony of these places stem from a life philosophy. The codes, covenants, and rules are necessary guardians, but it’s really the shared vision of being stewards and curators of places and communities that make these projects special. Sparing the reader the homework and cogitations of our study, we came up with a list of what we believe to be the essential DNA behind these three communities.
Focus on Activities and Nature (rather than property and real estate)
At The Sea Ranch, the focus is on walks along the ocean bluff, horseback riding, and swimming. At Black Butte, it’s golf, swimming, hiking, skiing, cycling, and fishing. At The Pass Life it’s skiing, hiking, biking, and snowshoeing. Each of the communities also has a thoughtfully designed community space for gathering and dining.
Cluster the Dwellings and Share the Land
Dwellings at The Sea Ranch are strategically clustered together leaving natural spaces open to all. Cabins are discretely tucked together into the trees at Black Butte Ranch so that contiguous forest remains as the primary experience. At The Pass Life, lofts are paired into common structures and the structures are tightly organized. Each requires that people appreciate their neighbors and enjoy sharing the natural spaces with each other.
Shared Stewardship
Owners within each community own land that is considered commonly shared space and it’s understood that everyone takes care of it. An organic and linked whole is more important than the constituent parts.
Visual Order
Each community shares a common understanding and appreciation of keeping things neat and tidy. Owners make decisions about their home and land based on the good of the overall community. A shared discipline with the built-environment benefits everyone.
Environmental Sensitivity
Touch the land lightly and appreciate nature going about its usual course. A shared resistance to the domination of nature keeps structures modest and environmentally unobtrusive.
Localized Design
There is a mutual agreement of a design language specific to each particular place. Each community establishes its own architecture that responds to the environment and spirit of the place.
There are probably many more examples, but these 6 have made themselves apparent to us over the years. It’s difficult to ignore the frequency of the words – share, appreciate, and community – in our list above and perhaps they are the true DNA of harmonious community (planned or not).
[House at The Sea Ranch, Photo by BUILD LLC]
Important development factors were also at play to realize these projects. The Sea Ranch, Black Butte Ranch, and The Pass Life were each built by brave young visionaries willing to challenge the status quo. The Sea Ranch was founded by a group of young architects and landscape architects willing to go toe-to-toe with politically backed opposition groups. Black Butte was founded by a handful of young locals whose average age was 30, none of whom had ever had any experience in resort development. The Pass Life was started by 36-year-old developer convinced that he’d wake up to picketers on his lawn for trying to build the project. In addition to the initial vision, determination, and hard work, the development teams behind each community have a vested interest to follow the vision through over the life of the project. So while the covenants and codes provide a basic framework for how to achieve specific results to shape a planned community, it’s ultimately the intangible qualities and personal commitment that infuses projects like these with life and longevity.
Cheers from Team BUILD
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According to a National Sleep Foundation survey, 62% of people wash their sheets at least once a week. If you’re one of them, pat yourself on the back next time you lie down on your nice, clean bed.
And if you’re part of the 38% of Americans who don’t wash their sheets that frequently? Well, maybe it’s time to step up your game. We don’t think you’ll need much convincing, after you read this.
That’s because we asked a scientist why you should change your sheets every week—and what happens every day that you don’t. And trust us: The answers are truly disgusting.
Doing laundry never looked so good.
What’s under your covers?
If you’ve just returned from the beach, it’s common sense to shower before you climb into bed. Otherwise you’ll be rolling around in a scratchy pile of sand all night. But generally speaking, dirt and debris are the least of your concerns when it comes to your sheets.
What should cause more alarm is all the other gunk that rubs off on your sheets every time you crawl under the covers.
“Body oils, sweat, and sloughed-off skin,” lists Bill Carroll Jr., an adjunct professor of chemistry at Indiana University. “The world looks pretty scary through a microscope.”
In fact, we humans slough off about one-fifth of an ounce of skin cells every week. You know all the “dust” you see dreamily wafting through the air in a sunbeam? About 80% of that is skin flakes.
“And to a dust mite, (those) skin cells are Scooby snacks,” Carroll says.
You can’t see a 0.5 millimeter dust mite with your naked eye. But put your sheets under a microscope and you may be treated to an army of eight-legged creatures that look like a cross between a crab and Jabba the Hut.
As many as 500 dust mites live in a single gram of dust. Now imagine them feasting on your dead skin while you sleep—night after night after night.
“The point of washing,” explains Carroll, “is to return your sheets to their normal state.” “Normal” being “dust mite–free.”
There are germs, too
“We live in a world of pathogens, and not all are virulent enough to take us down,” Carroll says. “But can bedclothes spread disease? Kind of.”
If you’re sleeping in bed and actually sick—particularly from a highly contagious gastrointestinal bug—“those things can be carried forward,” he says.
There’s a reason hospitals meticulously wash sheets between patients.
The ‘best’ way to wash your sheets
To get rid of the nastiness—or at least keep it at bay—Carroll advises washing your sheets at least once a week.
When you do, resist the urge to stuff your washer to the brim. While you may think that doing so saves you time and water, “all the germs coming off in the water could go right back onto your sheets,” Carroll says.
To get sheets genuinely clean, you need to wash them in small loads in lots of water. You also need that water temp to be as hot as your sheets will withstand. (Check the manufacturer’s guidelines.)
“Hot water’s the surest way to eliminate pathogens,” Carroll says.
If the coloring can take it, consider also sanitizing them with oxygen bleach, suggests Leslie Reichert, cleaning coach and author of “The Joy of Green Cleaning.”
Chlorine bleach works, too, but “it does have a fume that lingers and isn’t something you want to be breathing in all night,” she says.
Don’t have the time to wash your sheets that frequently?
“Have at least two sets of sheets so you have a week to get them cleaned, dried, and folded,” Reichert suggests.
Do these things in between weekly washes
Do your best to keep your bed clean and dry so that it’s a little less hospitable to bacterial Armageddon.
That means no shoes on the bed. No taking a nap after your sweat-drenching spin class. And you might want to think carefully before you let your dog jump into bed with you.
You should also revamp your daily bed-making routine. Each morning before you do so, “pull all the covers down from the fitted sheet and let them air-dry for a few minutes,” Reichert says. “This lets the sweat and moisture evaporate rather than capturing it inside your sheets.” (Because, gross.)
To make this process easier, you can invest in sheets that promise to wick away extra heat and moisture. For instance, Bedgear bedding uses the same technology that firefighters do to keep cool amid a blaze.
“Keeping your sheets dry will definitely work against culturing biology,” Carroll says. But just remember that it can’t prevent the sloughing off of dead skin and body oils. Those will need to be washed out.
Each time you change your sheets, vacuum the mattress to remove any dust mites and allergens that have accumulated. You can also lightly spray it with hydrogen peroxide to remove any smells, or sprinkle on some baking soda.
Blankets, comforters, and pillows
Fortunately, blankets and comforters don’t need to be washed every week—once a season should do the trick. If you’re feeling icky about it, though, Reichert suggests simply placing them in the dryer on a very hot setting for 10 to 15 minutes to kill dust mites.
And don’t forget your pillows! A quick spin in the dryer or half-hour outside in bright sunlight can kill those dreaded dust mites and freshen the smell, Carroll says. And when you’re ready to fully wash your pillows (which needs to be done a few times a year), better get a good night’s sleep first.
Because that’s a whole other ordeal.
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Westbourne Grove is a residential neighbourhood and shopping destination in West London, bordering Hyde Park, Notting Hill, and the iconic Portobello Road. It’s an eclectic mix of cultures and architectural styles where elegant townhouses and budget hotels, souvenir shops, and Middle Eastern restaurants, organic food markets, and council estates live alongside each other. The coffee scene consists mostly of chains like Starbucks or Costa and a few independent cafes—none of which would merit a trip out to this part of town solely to drink a flat white. That all changed with the opening of Tab x Tab. Finally, there is a very good reason to stop over in Westbourne Grove.
Tab x Tab was opened in July 2017 by husband and wife Mathew and Charmaine Tabatabai. Alongside speciality coffee from Ozone and Bocca, they serve premium teas from Lalani & Co., fresh pastries from Flour Station, and à la carte breakfast dishes prepared on site. Tab x Tab also has a retail corner with carefully curated homeware and lifestyle items, Linda Bloomfield tea ware and Kana London ceramic coffee mugs.
The Tabatabais embarked on an 18-month coffee tasting journey through London and beyond before launching their shop.
“We started exploring the idea of opening a coffee shop by doing a lot of research and going to a new cafe every single day. After about one year, we had developed a strong idea of what we wanted our coffee shop to look like,” Mathew Tabatabai says. “The majority of cafes in London melted into the same kind of place.”
The decision to offer a new kind of coffee experience, rather than do a carbon copy of other shops, gave the couple enough confidence and motivation to pursue their idea. The approach at the heart of Tab x Tab can be summed up in three words: speciality, execution, and consistency. High quality standards were set for Tab x Tab: from the food and beverage offerings to appliances and in-store tech, from the Front of House service to the interior design.
Charmaine and Mathew Tabatabai. Photo courtesy Zsuzsa Zicho.
Mathew and Charmaine always knew they had to start with the coffee. They looked for the best and found it at Ozone Coffee Roasters in London and Bocca Coffee in Amsterdam. They carefully planned every element of the store, looking for excellence in functionality first and then for beautiful and understated design.
“We worked so hard to ensure the execution of everything was as high quality and consistent as possible,” says Mathew. “Everything is there to give customers a truly unique and tasteful experience and bring some peace to their day when they are with us.”
Their attention to detail can be seen in the large oak table that allows customers to gather around, and share the space as if they were in their own home. It’s also seen in the 5.4-meter-long bar counter, custom built from a single piece of concrete (they had to remove the store doors to install it).
Mathew and Charmaine also made a deliberate choice to install a stainless steel Mavam—a groundbreaking machine that sits beneath the counter—instead of a bulky bar-top espresso machine, to remove barriers between baristas and customers, but also to stand out among the rest of London coffee shops.
“The Mavam represents our entire approach to coffee. It is not a flashy espresso machine: it sits quietly without needing to be seen, but it does its job perfectly,” says Mathew. “It fits perfectly into our aesthetics. At the time, the Mavam machine was only one year old, there was only another one in the UK…so we really took a chance with it,” Mathew explains to me.
Next to the Mavam, there’s a Nuova Simonelli Mythos One and a Mahlkönig EK43 grinder, a FETCO coffee brewer, and a high tech cold press juicer. The milk is by the Estate Dairy (profiled here on Sprudge), a UK dairy brand founded by Shaun Young and loved by professional baristas.
Customers have the choice of two coffees for espresso: a seasonal blend by Ozone Coffee called Brothers and a single origin coffee by Bocca, which the Tabatabais discovered on a trip to Amsterdam. They persuaded the Dutch roasters to supply their cafe (Tab x Tab is the only coffee shop in the UK to serve or sell their beans). At the time of my second visit in January, the single origin was a natural Brazilian coffee from Fatima Farm (Yellow Bourbon and Mundo Novo variety) with notes of vanilla, roasted nuts, and a medium body.
Tab x Tab also offers a single origin of choice on batch brew. “The batch brew may not be sexy, but it delivers consistency,” which is what Tab x Tab always strives for. “We let the quality of the coffee speak for itself.”
It was head barista Lucas Gorczyca who sold the idea of batch brew to Mathew. “The batch brew delivers consistency. Our customers expect the coffee to taste exactly the same throughout the time we use a certain single origin. The variables with brewing coffee are crazy, the coffee never tastes the same every time,” Gorczyca explains. “Batch brew is also good for our customers because they know it’s a grab-and-go drink.”
Customers looking for the theatrics of a brewing experience will get it with tea, rather than coffee. Although Britain is considered a country of tea drinkers, the majority of tea consumed in the country comes from tea bags. Tab x Tab champions high quality, loose leaf tea, offering a selection of small batch teas—surprisingly absent of English Breakfast or Earl Grey. Instead, you will find black tea, oolong, and matcha, all prepared with care and precision.
Soon the cafe will expand its food offerings to include a modern take on the classic Afternoon Tea, as well as pop-up dinner events. Until then, I will continue to return to Westbourne Grove and stop by Tab x Tab for a great cup of coffee or tea and for their thoughtful and dedicated service.
Tab x Tab is located at Westbourne House, 14-16, Westbourne Grove, London W2 5RH. Visit their official website and follow them on Facebook and Instagram.
Giulia Mule is a Sprudge.com contributor based in London. Read more Giulia Mule on Sprudge.
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You see names like Skrillex, Zedd, Calvin Harris, Diplo, and more all the time. They’re at the tops of festival lineups, on the covers of magazines, the front page of Spotify… they’re the faces you pay to see. But they’re not the whole equation. A lot of people work behind the scenes to help these artists do the multitude of things they set out to do. Among those people is Tom Norris, engineer for Skrillex and Zedd, among others.
Born in Massachusetts, he moved to San Diego at a young age where he later started a band with a couple friends. Hollywood Records offered the band a deal, which they signed, but Tom left shortly after to attend UC Berkeley. It was there that he started teaching himself music beyond the band, delving into production and sound design. He started a popular account on SoundCloud called “getyoursnackon” where he’d remake and post popular songs. During this time, he also became close with Kyle Trewartha of Grey. Together, they moved to Los Angeles and started working on projects, eventually leading to him working with bigger and bigger names.
In the world of electronic music, Tom is likely one of the biggest names you’ve never heard of. In rare fashion, he’s answered some need-to-know questions exclusively for Your EDM. Read on to find out the secrets of his success, what’s next for Skrillex, and more.
Where did your desire to create music come from?
Both of my parents are musical, and there’s a lot of music and creativity flowing throughout my extended family. I think I was hopelessly bound to do something relevant in music as a result. I do remember seeing my cousin making music with a really early version of FL Studio, and being completely blown away. I thought only producers (who were essentially wizards in my mind) in huge recording studios could create music, and so I immediately downloaded the demo when I got home and started messing around. That was in 2001, so it’s been a minute!
Tell me a bit about your experience with your first band Outerspace Politicians, later Allstar Weekend. What were some of the challenges you faced as a newcomer to that world?
I messed around with beats and instrumental production before the band, but I didn’t know anything about what it meant to write a song with vocals, or how to record things with a microphone and have them sound like real music. I was kind of like the Ryan Lewis of the band, recording and producing all of our tracks, doing our photos/videos/website/etc. It was a huge learning experience.
What eventually led to you leaving the group?
There were a bunch of factors—hating touring, stress, and bad managers. I also had a ton of FOMO from friends who were having a great time in college, while I was miserable in my band. The silver lining was definitely learning that I loved being in a studio far more than performing, and fostering a lot of great friendships that I still have today.
You chose to study linguistics at UC Berkeley, which arguably has no relevance to music. I would know, I also majored in it at UCSB. What about linguistics did you find interesting enough to pursue that over music?
A lot of my family works in academia, so I think I felt pressured to study something more ‘serious’. At the time, Siri for iOS had just come out, which to me seemed novel and exciting that I could control my phone with my voice. I was also really into pop linguistics books by authors like Steven Pinker (especially The Language Instinct), so linguistics felt like a natural choice. I think only once I was studying it, did I realize that I just fundamentally didn’t have the same passion for it like other kids in my class, and wasn’t looking forward to the day-to-day existence of being a computational linguist.
Of course, you did return to music eventually, as “getyoursnackon” on SoundCloud. How did you begin that project?
I knew a lot about engineering and producing ‘real’ instruments from doing band demos, but I didn’t really understand how to do anything else. EDM was at its peak when I was in college (around 2012), and I thought by remaking songs I could quickly learn how to use synths and layer MIDI-based stuff. I started uploading some of them to SoundCloud to show friends, and I think from that I started to gain some notoriety on various internet production forums.
What was your first foray into the electronic world?
I think working with the Grey dudes was my first serious foray into the electronic world. I actually met Kyle on Reddit back in 2014, and we became friends and started working on music together. He and Michael created Grey a year later, and they asked me to mix and master their stuff.
How quickly did you go from working with Grey on their music to suddenly working on tracks for both Zedd and Skrillex?
Zedd became involved pretty early on with Grey, and basically anything they worked on together I had some part in. My old roommate Ty (producer Lophiile) used to work with Skrillex, and randomly invited him over one night. We watched skate videos and played with yo-yo’s, and the next day he hit me up to come through and check out stuff he was working on. That was almost 2 years ago, and I’ve been working with him since!
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You were nominated for a GRAMMY® Award, Record of the Year, for your work on “The Middle.” Did you ever think when you were 15 starting a band in high school that would ever happen?
I don’t think I could have anticipated anything I’m doing now back then… or even 2 or 3 years ago. But I think that’s what’s great about working in music—anything can happen! The Grammy nomination is insane, and I feel incredibly grateful to be recognized with some of my best friends.
You’ve also been working with Skrillex since early 2017. Which of his tracks would you say was the most creatively fulfilling to work on?
Every single thing I’ve worked on with Skrill has been creatively fulfilling, given how incredibly creative he is as a person and musician, and how he imbues that in everything he works on. That aside, I do think the Humble remix for Kendrick was really interesting to have been a part of, in seeing how it was iterated on and evolved over 4-5 months from an initial concept to the final release.
How was it specifically working on “Surrender” with From First To Last, given your rock background.
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It was a nice change of pace entering that world again! With Surrender, we had two ideas in mind: to make it sound like FFTL with a modern vibe—ie, super loud drums and low end, and to make it feel almost like a spiritual successor to “Make War”, their prior release. It took a while to finish, I think Matt Good from the band had recorded all of the instrumental parts almost a year before it actually came out. Kyle (from Grey) also recorded guitar layers to help fill out the mid-range. Sonny and I then went back and forth on drum sounds and mix versions for almost a month.
You not only worked with Skrillex directly, but also his collaborators like Mariah Carey and The Weeknd. Do you have any specific fond memories of working with anyone in particular?
I remember FaceTiming with Abel after Skrill and I finished the mix on “Wasted Times.” It was dope seeing how stoked he was on how it turned out!
The one question on everyone’s mind: what’s next for Skrillex?
Given all of the crazy stuff I’ve heard over the last couple of years, whatever form the next project or release takes, it’ll be absolutely worth the wait.
Outside of the Skrillex and Grey/Zedd universes, you and Ansel Elgort are friends and have collaborated on a number of original productions and projects. How did you link with Ansel? Are you still working with him?
Our mutual friend linked us 3-4 years ago. I didn’t really know anything about him besides the EDM/DJ stuff that he was doing at the time, but I thought it was cool that he was starting to sing on tracks he produced and wanted to do that kind of thing. I’m currently working with him on a full length album that should be out sometime this year – not sure if I’m allowed to say anything else about it
What’s next for you creatively?
Climbing Everest! Just kidding—I’m working on a bunch of projects that I can’t really talk about yet, but I’m excited for people to hear them. Some are with artists you’d expect, some aren’t. I’m also working on some VST plugins/effects for producers that might be release ready this year, and more sample packs/sound libraries that I think people will find useful.
You can find a list of all the tracks Tom has worked on at getyoursnackon.com. Keep up with Tom on Instagram, Twitter, and Soundcloud!
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Got up early yesterday to meet Jerry Denham for a few hours of shooting the Roaring Fork Motor Trail, part of the Great Smoky Mountain National Park. The last shot of the day for me was of this bridge that I had first seen in a painting that I had seen on Google Image Search, while I was doing a little research about this area. While talking to Jerry about the image that I had seen, he said he didn’t know of such a spot. But it wasn’t until we passed it, that we realized that this was the spot. Traffic on this road is one way and this shot is “facing traffic”, so basically we had to look behind us to see the shot.
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Ultra Music Festival hosted its first full festival event in Australia this past weekend (i.e., not a “Road To Ultra” event), headlined by The Chainsmokers, Martin Garrix, and Marshmello. The event was held over two days, once in Sydney and another day in Melbourne.
Among those performing was Australian Melbourne bounce artist Will Sparks, who has become the subject of multiple accusations of misconduct at the festival.
According to an assistant tour manager for one of the major artists performing, who requested anonymity (henceforth referred to as ATM), Sparks was hanging out with their artist in their trailer before showtime. As they were going to be taken to stage, ATM poured everyone in the trailer a shot so as to move them outside and clear the room. As ATM was cleaning up, Will and some girls reentered the room for more drinks.
“I let them pour another but told them I’m closing everything down,” ATM told Your EDM via Instagram DM. “They stayed in the doorway to keep me from closing. I politely asked them to move and closed the first door of our trailer and instantly started to be taunted by Will.
“‘Hey guys, I’m just doing my job, I gotta close up here,’ is all I said. It was followed by calling me a stupid cunt and bitch.”
The rest of the interaction apparently proceeded in much the same way, with ATM trying to close up and Sparks becoming increasingly confrontational and irate.
ATM continues, “I shook it off with a ‘whatever dude.’ Right as I’m about to close the 2nd door he runs up and punches it. I was unsure what happened and swung open the door like ‘what the fuck was that.’ He continued to call me fucking cunt, an ugly bitch, etc.”
Ultra artist relations, as well as Sparks’ manager, eventually came over to help while he continued to act aggressively toward ATM.
Yo if you can’t handle your alcohol don’t fucking drink!!
Acting like a raging baboon, hitting shit & abusing women who are simply just trying to just do their job for the HEADLINE artists at the festival is disgusting. All I can say is thank fuck Melbourne bounce is dead
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Another tour manager also claimed that Sparks had once shoved her into a video wall because she asked him not to walk out onto stage when her artist was performing. Your EDM reached out to her, as well, but hasn’t heard back at time of publishing.
“[Sparks’ manager] apologized after, but I said I wanted one from Will,” says ATM, “and I haven’t heard anything. […] If he isn’t confronted it’s enabling others to do the same and just ruins the culture.”
Posts from Clancy Silver, currently tour manager for The Chainsmokers, and Tobias Wang (@visualbass), a photographer who’s worked with The Chainsmokers, Zedd, and more also echo the feelings and account given to Your EDM by ATM.
This kind of behavior from artists at festivals is entirely unacceptable. While it may seem like artists are there to party and have fun, being booked to perform at an event is a job, first and foremost. And acting in this manner while under contract at a place of work is not only embarrassing, but also endangers those who are in charge of keeping things in order.
Representatives for Will Sparks have not returned a request for comment at time of publishing. We have made Ultra aware of these serious accusations and will update with their response.
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WOW! Kajol and Ajay Devgn to come together for Pradeep Sarkar’s next
From Ishq to Pyaar To Hona Hi Tha, Kajol and Ajay Devgn won the hearts of the audience with their on-screen chemistry. Soon, the reel life couple turned into real life couple and the rest, they say, is history. Now, there is an exciting news for the Ajay Devgn and Kajol fans which will make their day.
Ajay Devgn and Kajol are all set to return to the big screen with Pradeep Sarkar’s next. According to the recent reports, the film was touted to be a slice of life film which was initially going to be made by ad filmmaker Raj Sarthi. However, the film did not happen at the time.
Ajay Devgn confirmed it recently that Pradeep Sarkar will now revive the film as the director with him and Kajol in the lead roles. The two were last seen together in Ajay’s debut directorial, Toonpur Ka Superhero.
Meanwhile, Ajay Devgn is currently gearing up for Milan Luthria’s heist drama Baadshaho with Emraan Hashmi, Esha Gupta, Ileana D’cruz, Vidyut Jammwal, Sanjay Mishra. The film is scheduled to release on September 1, 2017. Kajol, on the other hand, has made her comeback into Tamil cinema after nearly two decades with Dhanush starrer Velai Illa Pattadhari 2 aka VIP 2.
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Finally! Prabhas finds his heroine in Shraddha Kapoor for Saaho
Currently he rules the roost in Indian cinema, courtesy the mega blockbuster Baahubali 2 that became a talk of the nation owing to its immense success. Prabhas is now gearing up for yet another multi-lingual with Saaho and after many names of the actresses being tossed around for the role of the leading lady, it is Bollywood actress Shraddha Kapoor who has been finalised for the role.
In fact, there were earlier speculations about South actress Anushka Shetty playing the leading lady but it seems the deal didn’t work through and now, Shraddha Kapoor has come on board for the same. The producer of the film reportedly revealed that he is quite excited to kick start the film with Shraddha and that it is very special since it is Prabhas’ first film in Hindi.
Besides the two of them, Neil Nitin Mukesh plays the antagonist in this action packed drama which is said to feature many high octane stunts that will be choreographed by international stunt co-ordinators. The film, produced by Pramod of UV Creations and directed by Sujeeth, will be releasing in three languages namely Hindi, Tamil and Telugu simultaneously. In fact, prep for the film has already started with a massive set being erected at the iconic Ramoji Film City in Hyderabad, India.
From what we hear, Saaho is slated to go on floor from mid-August and will also be shot extensively in abroad locations like Romania and Abu Dhabi. With lyrics by Amitabh Bhattacharya and music by Shankar – Ehsaan – Loy, the other technical aspects like, production design is taken care of by Sabu Cyril whereas the DoP [Director of Photography] is Madhie.
Finally! Prabhas finds his heroine in Shraddha Kapoor for Saaho
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SHOCKING: Aditya Pancholi breaks down; tells Kangana Ranaut, sister Rangoli to not drag Sooraj into the mess
Yesterday, we carried the explosive interview of Aditya Pancholi wherein he blasted Kangana Ranaut over her comments on ‘Aap Ki Adalat’. Take a look at the second part wherein he continues his tirade against the actress.
Aditya Pancholi says one song keeps playing in his mind these days. “I hear only one song which was sung by Jagjit Singh – Baat niklegi toh phir bahut door talak jayegi… Log zaalim hai, har ek baat ka taana denge. Just because we are keeping quiet does not mean that we are guilty. According to her, ‘Puri film industry gandi hai, award function fraud hai’, haan? She says things like, ‘Mein kisise nahi darti hoon, Khans ke saath mein kaam nahi karna chahti’, yeh sab bolne ki zaroorat hai? You (Kangana) are such a top star and so talented, aap chup chaap haath jodke, roz Bhagwan se prarthana karo ki, ke mein jab iss duniya mein, Mumbai nagri mein ayi, main kuch bhi nahi leke ayee thi, aaj Parmatma aap ne mujhe itna kuch diya, I am grateful to you and to the people who came into my life and helped me. Don’t say this to the world, media or on national TV – say it to your God. Hamari tareef nahi kar sakte ho toh hamari burai mat karo! (If you can’t praise me, don’t criticize me also). You say you have won the National Award but you are not the only actress who has got it as many of my friends have got them too. Winning a National Award doesn’t give you the liberty to run down people. It means you have done a good job. There should be a National Award also for good actors and good human beings. I don’t want to dig into her past as that’s the past.”
The actor protests at Kangana Ranaut’s allegation that he was physically violent. “I am not a woman-beater! Show me one person in this world, I challenge her to show me one person who is a witness to me laying a hand on Kangana. Don’t talk rubbish! Shut up or show the proof. Yes we have fought sometimes – over parking space or in a discotheque but that’s about it. I have never raised a hand on her. Mera upar aisa kaun sa case hai that she is talking about? Let one person get up and say that Aditya Pancholi has hurt or harmed anybody! I have helped everybody and I am not bragging about it. I am grateful that God has given me a heart where I can help people… (Aditya breaks down in tears and starts sobbing. I give him some time to compose himself before he can resume). Her sister Rangoli is dragging my son’s name in a murder case but you don’t know what repercussions can happen. I wanted to tell Rangoli don’t drag my wife, son and daughter into this. You (Kangana) had a relationship with me, deal with me. Sooraj’s case is going on in court and such statements can be damaging to it. It’s preposterous! You cannot talk about a case which is subjudice! I will file a major defamation case against Kangana and her sister Rangoli.”
Aditya adds, “Rangoli said Zarina gave her diamonds and clothes and told her not to say anything – I have not given my wife diamonds so how can Zarina give them to her? I don’t believe in giving diamonds – I believe in giving love. Diamonds are blood diamonds and I don’t believe in giving that. I am not going to stop now. I have due respect for them but at the same time this is not done. I am not going to take it lying down and if this gives her film Simran mileage I will be more than happy. I pray to God and I swear on my mother that Simran should do such great business so that it helps the film industry. I want the film to be a very big hit. Like I pray for the success of my son and daughter’s films, I pray for Simran the same way… (starts sobbing again) I am saying this because film industry will benefit with the success of Simran. I don’t know what you have said about others but you have to prove what you have said about me. You said you came to my wife who said ye hamein ghar pe aake marta hai, aur naaukron ko maarta hai? Prove it. I have been married to Zarina for 31 years and that’s a long time for anybody to stay married. The onus is on Kangana and Rangoli to prove what they said in those two interviews and on Twitter.”
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Deadmau5 has long had a history of fervent outbursts, generally accompanied by less than appropriate language used toward another person. Last year, in the span of a week, deadmau5 was called out for both making alleged transphobic remarks as well as calling Slushii’s music “autistic shit,” the producer himself having Autism. Deadmau5 took a brief hiatus from social media and now has a team member overseeing his socials to help keep them a little cleaner.
However, not everything can be censored in the moment; and especially during heated game play, some words can be let loose. The gaming community, especially games in which players can talk to each other via headset, isn’t one of the cleanest communities, language-wise. That’s well-established. So when deadmau5 was playing PUBG on a public stream on Twitch and another player was “stream camping” (watching his stream on Twitch to find his location, a lot like how someone would watch an opponent’s screen in GoldenEye, back in the day), deadmau5 understandably got frustrated.
“Is that some fucking cock-sucking stream sniper fag,” he says during his outburst.
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A small group of people online have accused deadmau5 of hate speech and homophobia for his outburst — and while the word “fag” isn’t ever used in a complimentary tone, it’s important to note the context. The fact of the matter is that this sort of language is used every day by tens of thousands of players in online games, and that likely won’t stop soon.
These same players, generally, don’t actually harbor homophobic thoughts. For the younger generation, these words are simply insults, unmarred by decades of hate-motivated undertones. They should, of course, be educated about the history of these words, but it’s doubtful that they’re meant in any way more deeply than a simple insult in the moment.
For deadmau5, the onus is a little heavier. He’s already been reprimanded many times over for his colorful language, both online and offline, so it’s easier to call him out for something like this when it happens. And in 2019, sensitivity to language and any possible harm is at an all-time high.
Your EDM does not condone the use of hate speech or homophobic slurs in any capacity. But we must also be wary of the degree to which we address minor slights like this as opposed to real issues of homophobia and hate in the world. If Deadmau5 lets slip a “fag” in a heated game moment… it not “okay,” but it’s certainly not the worst thing in the world.
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For Bob Weinschenk, wine isn’t just a pleasant accompaniment for dinner: It’s a bond that connects him to family and friends. He grew up with his parents and French grandparents in Queens, NY, where wine was paired with conversation at just about every evening meal. As an adult, Weinschenk collected bottles, first storing them in closets at his home and eventually working his way up to three wine refrigerators, each holding 150 bottles.
Now living in Austin, TX, Weinschenk, 54, has taken his love of vino to a new level, with a custom cellar built directly under his kitchen, holding 2,500 bottles.
Weinschenk is one of a growing number of homeowners who are creating designated spaces in their homes to celebrate their love of wine, spirits, and beer. Whether it’s having a home sports bar to enjoy the big game with pals and signature cocktails or an outdoor beer garden, people are showing their love of entertaining by redesigning their homes to create boozy spaces.
Although there have always been deep-pocketed collectors of wine and spirits willing to invest in custom spaces, remodeling experts say there’s a growing wave of homeowners renovating their homes with drinking rooms in mind.
For Weinschenk, who has founded several startups, including a wine recommendation app called WhatsMyWine, the four-month construction project involved jackhammering 12 feet underground, pouring about 15,000 pounds of concrete, installing an HVAC unit, and, finally, having the 7-foot-wide cylindrical wine cellar shipped from the United Kingdom. It took a few more months to calibrate the optimal wine storage temperature. Total cost: about $60,000.
“It’s the intersection of food and beverage and residential [real estate],” says Jason Dorsey, president and co-founder of the Center for Generational Kinetics, a millennial and Generation Z research and consulting firm. “It’s not just putting up a Budweiser sign. People want this kind of live-play space in their house so they can entertain.”
The craze, which grew out of the artisanal food and craft beverage movement of the past decade, has really taken off in the past two or three years as more younger homeowners are remodeling their homes to suit their needs, says Nancy Fire, founder of Design Works International, a New York City–based interior and home design studio.
“It’s definitely a movement,” says Fire, who also serves as the design director of HGTV Home, curating the station’s home products. Millennials “truly love their homemade whiskey, bourbon, wine, and craft beer.”
Bars or wine cellars can add to a home’s value
Creating a boozy space doesn’t have to break the bank—and it might just make a home more valuable when it comes time to sell.
The average cost for a basement remodel is just under $19,000, for example. But an area can be revamped with fresh paint, carpet, and furnishings for much less. The average cost to install a wet bar ranges from $2,000 to $12,000, depending on the type of appliances and other details, according to HomeAdvisor.
The more deluxe spaces can be attractions unto themselves. Weinschenk’s wine cellar has an entrance set in the floor, covered in glass strong enough to stand on. It serves as a centerpiece when he and his wife have friends over for dinner.
“You can go in there and have hors d’oeuvres or just sit down and drink a glass of wine,” Weinschenk says. “It’s visually beautiful, and it doesn’t take up a whole room.”
Bob Weinschenk’s luxury wine cellar cost more than $60,000.
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Although older homeowners typically have more money to pour into such features, younger homeowners are often the ones creating these booze-focused spaces. In the past 12 months, millennial homebuyers, now the largest single group of buyers, have spent an average of about $5,000 on home remodeling, second only to baby boomers, according to HomeAdvisor. And millennials are also 89% more likely to remodel a basement than homeowners of other generations.
“The whiskey room, the beer garden, it’s a way to put their stamp on the home without having to take out a second mortgage for a major renovation,” says Dan DiClerico, HomeAdvisor’s home expert.
You don’t need an extensive remodel to create a drinking space
Some homeowners are also creating smaller home spaces for libations and entertaining. One example would be a micro bar next to the kitchen.
Because they love to entertain in different ways, event planner Gina Whittington, 41, and her husband created several his-and her drinking areas in their respective home offices in Austin, TX.
“I started with a fun bar cart that I found and then some of my grandmother’s vintage carnival glass,” she says, describing her office bar.
Whittington’s husband has a bar not only in his office, but also in the garage. Their main bar in the living room is stocked with an array of spirits and vintage glassware, and the dining area holds their wine refrigerator and accessories.
The couple often entertain friends in the main bar areas, setting up a tequila bar or Scotch tasting. Whittington likes to make special cocktails for her book club and parties. She recently set up a station to mix up blood orange margaritas for the adult guests at her 2-year-old daughter’s taco-themed birthday party.
YOLO: Going all out and creating a full bar in your home
Some homeowners would rather stay in and have friends over to watch the big game than hit the bars.
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Last year, for example, Curtis Irby, 51, had a full-scale sports bar built in the basement of his Quinton, VA, home.
The bar features a 6-foot commercial refrigerator, and the bar’s name, “Bloody Alibi,” is etched in a mirror behind the bar and backlit with LED lights that change color. The project took about four months and $50,000, Irby says.
Irby, 51, a former Navy football player who is now a high school Navy Junior Reserve Officers’ Training Corps teacher, says the bar seats six, but there’s plenty of standing room. He hosted friends for the Army-Navy football game last fall in his bar and had a Super Bowl party with about 25 people in attendance.
“You only live once,” Irby says. “A lot of people would get a small refrigerator and just be happy. I said, ‘No.’ I wanted to turn this into something that has the look and feel of a real bar.”
You don’t need to go to a sports bar when you have one in your own home.
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Questions From Patients
How do I know if my child is in need of orthodontic treatment?
It is usually difficult for you to determine if treatment is necessary because there are many problems that can occur even though the front teeth look straight. Also, there are some problems that look intimidating and complex which will resolve on their own. Asking your general dentist is good reference, but we are your best resource since orthodontics is all we do. Our initial exam is complimentary and we would be more than happy to see your child and make any recommendations necessary.
What are the early symptoms of orthodontic problems?
Although determining if treatment is necessary is difficult for you to assess, the following symptoms may help in prompting you to seek our orthodontic advice.
Ask your child to open their mouth, and let you look at their teeth. If you see any signs of crooked teeth, gaps between your child’s teeth or overlapping teeth, your child may need orthodontic treatment.
Ask your child to bite all the way down, but keeping their lips open so you can see their teeth. Do the front top teeth line up with the bottom? Do the top teeth protrude out away from the bottom teeth? Do the top front teeth cover more than 50% of the bottom teeth? Are the top teeth behind the bottom teeth? All these are indicators for potential orthodontic treatment.
Look at the alignment of your child’s jaw. Does the jaw shift off center when your child bites down? If you see any misalignment or shifting of the jaw, your child may have a skeletal problem, which requires early orthodontic intervention.
These are only some of the obvious symptoms of orthodontic problems.
What age should my child be seen by an orthodontist?
The American Association of Orthodontists recommends that your child be evaluated by age seven. Early detection of some orthodontic problems is important in order to take early corrective action and avoid more difficult treatment later.
Can you be too old for braces?
No, age is not a factor, only the health of your gums and bone which support your teeth. About 25% of our orthodontic patients are adults and that number is still growing!
Will it hurt?
Orthodontic treatment has improved dramatically. As a rule, braces make your teeth sore for a few days, but it is not painful. This annoyance can be relieved with an over-the-counter pain reliever. Today’s braces are smaller, more comfortable and use technology that reduces the discomfort. We use the latest in miniature braces and the highest quality of orthodontic materials in order to reduce discomfort and treatment time.
Can I still have braces if I have missing teeth ?
Yes. When teeth are missing, adjacent teeth will drift into the empty space. This will cause a functional, esthetic or periodontal problem. Orthodontic treatment will correct and prevent these problems from happening and will also provide proper alignment for your dentist to replace the missing teeth.
Questions About Treatment
What is Phase I (Interceptive Treatment) and Phase II treatment?
Phase I or Interceptive Treatment usually starts while the child has most of their baby teeth and a few of their permanent front incisors. This stage in development is usually about the age of seven. The goal of Phase I treatment is to intercept a moderate or severe orthodontic problem early in order to reduce or eliminate it. These problems include skeletal dysplasias, crossbites and crowding. Phase I treatment takes advantage of the early growth spurt and turns a difficult orthodontic problem into a more manageable one. This helps reduce the need for extractions or surgery and delivers better long term results and treatment options. Most Phase I patients require a Phase II treatment in order to achieve an ideal bite.
Phase II treatment usually occurs a number of years later. Usually we are waiting for 12-16 more permanent teeth to erupt before Phase II begins. This most commonly occurs at the age of 12 or 13. The goal of Phase II treatment is to achieve an ideal occlusion with all of the permanent teeth.
What is Full or Comprehensive Orthodontic Treatment?
This is another name for orthodontic treatment in the permanent dentition at any age. It is more commonly used when a Phase I treatment was not performed.
Does everyone need a Phase I treatment?
Absolutely not! Only certain bites require early intervention. All others can wait until most if not all their permanent teeth erupt.
Can I wait on Phase I/Interceptive Orthodontic Treatment until my child is older?
This is not recommended. If your child needs Phase I treatment this usually means that he has a difficult problem that requires attention now. If no orthodontic action is taken, treatment options become limited, more difficult, and the long term stability may be compromised. In addition, it may lead to extractions, oral surgery and increase costs.
What is the length or duration of orthodontic treatment?
Braces may be on between 6 months to 30 months, or longer depending on the age of the patient, the severity of the problem, the patient’s cooperation, and the degree of movement possible.
What are extraction and non-extraction therapy, and what are the advantages and disadvantages of each?
Extraction therapy is a technique where some teeth are removed to make room for the other teeth in your child’s mouth. This is in contrast to non-extraction therapy where one expands a patients’ jaw and shave down some teeth to make everything fit.
What are lingual braces?
Lingual braces are mounted behind a patient’s teeth. They were used many years ago, before the advent of orthocosmetic ™ braces. Lingual braces are rarely used anymore. Generally, lingual braces are more uncomfortable than standard braces. Orthodontic treatment takes twice as long and is more costly. In addition, some people have trouble talking with lingual braces. Presently, Lingual braces are only used in special clinical cases.
Will I pay extra for designer braces, colored ligatures and brackets or flavored rubber bands?
Yes, but your stress levels will drop when your child looks forward to their visit at our office! In addition, the cost for these braces is a minor fraction of the cost of orthodontic treatment. Considering the time spent, orthodontics is regarded as dentistry’s best value.
Is orthodontic care expensive?
When orthodontic treatment is implemented at the proper time, treatment is often less costly than the dental care required to treat the more serious problems that can develop years later.
Orthodontic fees have not increased as fast as many other consumer products. Financing is usually available and our office offers many payment programs that will meet your needs. In addition, many insurance plans now include orthodontics.
Questions About TMJ Disorder and Wisdom Teeth
Can orthodontic treatment help me with Temporomandibular Joint (TMJ) problems?
There are some associations with a bite that is not correct (malocclusion) and TMJ disorders. TMJ disorders are a family of problems related to your complex jaw joint. If you have had symptoms like pain or a “clicking” sound, you’ll be glad to know that these problems are more easily diagnosed and treated than they were in the past. Since some types of TMJ problems can lead to more serious conditions, early detection and treatment are important.
No one treatment can resolve TMJ disorders completely and treatment takes time to be effective. Drs. Graver, Marshall and Underwood can help you have a healthier and more comfortable jaw.
TMJ disorders develop for many reasons. You might clench or grind your teeth, tightening your jaw muscles and stressing your TM joint. Or, you may have a damaged jaw joint due to injury or disease. Whatever the cause, the results may include a misaligned bite, pain, clicking or grating noises when you open your mouth, or trouble opening your mouth wide.
Do You Have a TMJ Disorder?
Are you aware of grinding or clenching your teeth?
Do you wake up with sore, stiff muscles around your jaws?
Do you have frequent headaches or neck aches?
Does the pain get worse when you clench your teeth?
Does stress make your clenching and pain worse?
Does your jaw click, pop, grate, catch, or lock when you open your mouth?
Is it difficult or painful to open your mouth, eat or yawn?
Have you ever injured your neck, head or jaws?
Have you had problems (such as arthritis) with other joints?
Do you have teeth that no longer touch when you bite?
Do your teeth meet differently from time to time?
Is it hard to use your front teeth to bite or tear food?
Are your teeth sensitive, loose, broken or worn?
The more times you answered “yes,” the more likely it is that you have a TMJ disorder. Understanding TMJ disorders will also help you understand how they’re treated.
There are various treatment options that we can utilize to improve the harmony and function of your jaw. Once an evaluation confirms a diagnosis of TMJ disorder, we will determine the proper course of treatment. It is important to note that treatment always works best with a team approach of self-care as well as professional care.
Do wisdom teeth affect crowding of teeth after braces have been removed?
Unfortunately, the answer is not entirely clear. There are data to support and refute the claims that wisdom teeth cause crowding after braces have been removed. For this reason, we recommend wearing retainers full time after removal of braces. The orthodontist will tell you when you can switch to nighttime only wearing. Each patient is different so the time interval to go to nighttime only depends on the individual case. Always follow exactly what the orthodontists have told you to do.
The average adult has thirty-two teeth by age eighteen: sixteen teeth on the top and sixteen teeth on the bottom. Each tooth in the mouth has a specific name and function. The teeth in the front of the mouth (incisors, canine and bicuspid teeth) are ideal for grasping and biting food into smaller pieces while the back teeth, or molar teeth, are used to grind food up into a consistency suitable for swallowing.
However, the average mouth is made to hold only 28 teeth. It can be painful when 32 teeth try to fit in a mouth that holds only 28 teeth. These four other teeth are your Third Molars, also known as “wisdom teeth.”
Why Should I Remove My Wisdom Teeth?
Wisdom teeth are the last teeth to erupt within the mouth. When they align properly, and gum tissue is healthy, wisdom teeth do not have to be removed. Unfortunately, this does not generally happen. The extraction of wisdom teeth is necessary when they are prevented from properly erupting within the mouth. They may grow sideways, partially emerge from the gum, and even remain trapped beneath the gum and bone. Impacted teeth can take many positions in the bone as they attempt to find a pathway that will allow them to erupt successfully.
These poorly positioned impacted teeth can cause many problems. When they are partially erupted, the opening around the tooth allows bacteria to grow and will eventually cause an infection. The result: swelling, stiffness, pain and illness. The pressure from the erupting wisdom tooth may move other teeth and disrupt the orthodontic or natural alignment of teeth. The most serious problem occurs when tumors or cysts form around the impacted wisdom tooth, resulting in the destruction of the jawbone and healthy teeth. Removal of the offending impacted tooth or teeth usually resolves these problems.
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Father’s day 2018 is Sunday the 17th of June, so we’re only a couple of weeks off. In this post I’m sharing what I believe, as a Dad myself (hint hint ;-)) to be some of the best ideas for coffee gifts for coffee lovers, for Father’s day this year.
It was actually a coffee gift that prompted me to start coffeeblog in the first place! A few years ago, my wife and kids bought me a new stainless steel cafetiere for my birthday. I was starting to write a review about it on Amazon, and the review was getting quite long.
I was thinking about starting a blog anyway, but I wasn’t sure exactly what to focus on, and suddenly creating a blog about coffee became the obvious choice, and this review became the first ever post on coffeeblog.
Coffee Subscription for Father’s Day?
My first choice when it comes to a great Father’s day gift, would be a coffee subscription.
As you’ll know if you’ve read my best coffee subscriptions post, I have a few coffee subscriptions – I drink a lot of coffee and a coffee subscription is definitely something I would recommend as a great Father’s Day gift for 2018 for any coffee lover, given that there are quite a few great coffee subscriptions now.
The reason I think coffee subscriptions are so great isn’t just about keeping stocked up, although that’s one benefit of course, the best thing for me about subscriptions is discovery and variety. With coffee subscriptions, you get to try different coffees from different origins, different varietals and different processes, meaning that you get to discover a wide variety of different tasting coffees.
This is why my favourite coffee subscriptions are who they are, as they all deliver a variety of different coffees each time, rather than just a “supply” subscription whereby you would choose a coffee and just have the same one delivered each week or month.
Here’s a great Father’s day coffee gift offer for you, from one of my favourite coffee subscriptions!
Blue Coffee Box, one of my favourite coffee subscription firms, have a great offer on for Father’s day 2018, just for coffeeblog readers!
Blue Coffee Box are a multi-roaster subscription service, offering a discovery coffee subscription, delivering a box of three different coffees each month (or each fortnight, or every two months, depending on your choice) from different origins, different coffee varietals, different processes and different roasters, working with some of the UK’s best coffee roasters.
Here’s there Father’s day offer, for coffeeblog readers only:
Purchase a Blue Coffee Box subscription gift, and get £9 off – or – purchase any Blue Coffee Box bag gift (a single bag rather than a coffee subscription) and get £3 off.
For the subscription discount, just type or paste the code CB719 into the voucher box at checkout, or for the bag discount, use the code CB713 – at bluecoffeebox.com
There’s more…
If you’re buying a multi-month subscription (for three, six or twelve months), they will also send you (the person buying the gift) a free Blue Coffee Box bag of coffee worth £7.99! All you need to do is reply to the purchase confirmation email with your address for the free bag, and they’ll send it to you straight away.
Also, I had a word with the nice guys at Blue Coffee Box – and they’ve agreed that even if you’re buying a subscription for yourself (so, not selecting the gift option) they will still honour the free bag offer, just until Father’s day! So if you were thinking of going for a subscription, now would be a good time even if it’s not as a Father’s day gift.
Other Father’s Day Coffee Gift Ideas
Coffee Brewers
If the coffee lover you’re buying for, doesn’t own one of the following brewers, any one of these would make a great Father’s day gift – enabling dad to add another brewing method as a string to his bow when it comes to brewing coffee, at home or while out and about.
Aeropress, from £26.33 on Amazon
Aeropress. This is has become one of the most popular coffee brewers over the past few years, and it’s easy to see why.
Aeropress is faster and easier than more traditional home coffee brewing processes such as cafetiere & filter, and cleaning up is mega fast and easy (basically just firing the spent puck of coffee into the bin or compost, then giving it a rinse & a wipe).
Made by Aerobie (yes, the same people who make the famous flying ring), Aeropress makes a great coffee, either Espresso style, or Americano style coffee depending on how you want it, you basically just add less water if you want an Espresso style coffee. I say “style”, as it isn’t quite espresso, you don’t get the crema, but it’s not a million miles off, which is amazing for a coffee maker at under £30!
There are various different ways to use Aeropress, you don’t have to follow the instructions – in fact, there are national and international Aeropress championships, entered by Aeropress baristas each who have their own specific process for brewing the way they believe makes the very best Aeropress coffee.
Oomph Coffee Maker, on offer on Amazon for £34.75
The Oomph. The oomph is a great coffee maker, it works along similar lines to Aeropress in that you apply manual pressure, but it’s different to Aeropress, for a start given that it is a coffee brewer and travel cup in one.
I was initially interested in the Oomph based on it being a way to drink coffee similar to Aeropress on the go, but what amazed me about the Oomph, is the taste!
It makes an outstanding cup of coffee! As I wrote in my Oomph coffee maker review, the Oomph is my favourite brewer now for most of my coffees during the day in the week. I still use Aeropress from time to time, but more often than not I’ll use the Oomph, as I love the taste of the coffee it makes, and it keeps my coffee warm for ages.
V60 coffee maker, from £4.98
Hario V60. The V60 is a pourover drip filter coffee maker, it makes stunning filter coffee, and it’s mega inexpensive from under a fiver, and then around £5-6 for a hundred filters. You simply plop in the ground coffee, and then pour over (the process is known as pour-over) the water, until you have a cup of lovely clean (due to the paper filters) cup of filter coffee.
There’s a similar coffee maker which is also very popular, called the Kalita Wave, this has a different design, with a flat bottom, but it’s still a manual pour over filter coffee maker. I’m focusing more on the V60 as they’re better value for money, generally speaking.
There’s also Chemex, which is another great pourover filter coffee maker – which doubles as a coffee jug. Chemex has been around for a long time, and makes great coffee, but again – I’m featuring the Hario V60 in this post as I think it’s so good when it comes to value for money, and makes for a great inexpensive coffee gift idea father’s day.
Travel Cups/Mugs.
Keepcup, lots of varieties available on Amazon from £7.61.
With the looming take-away cups tax along the lines of the 5p plastic bag charge, buying dad a travel cup is a nice idea, if he doesn’t have one, or if he doesn’t have a decent one.
You see, there are travel cups, and then there are travel cups… Yes you can get very cheap travel cups from supermarkets which may seem like a bargain, but there are also really well performing and stylish travel cups such as keepcup and Bodum, which will keep dad’s brew hot for longer, and will perform better when it comes to not leaking, and not burning his fingers.
There’s also a really novel shaped travel mug called Goat Story, which is shaped like a Goat’s horn! ;-). I’ve got one of these, they sent me one a while ago to review, and despite the unusual look, it’s actually a brilliant travel mug, stays hot & is completely leak proof.
If your dad is the kind of bloke who wouldn’t want to stand out, then don’t get him this… however if he’s the kind of Dad who likes to be different, and you think he won’t be embarrassed drinking coffee from a Goat horn in public, then the Goat Story mug is a great idea for dad.
My wife uses her Bodum travel mug for her cup of tea when she goes to work in the morning, and she’s always amazed to find her brew is still hot hours later. She has this one.
Personalised Mugs.
Personalised Mugs, from about £6 on Amazon.
These are always a nice idea for any occasion, and generally speaking, if you go for a ready-made slogan type mug, like the one on tha left, you’ll pay six or seven quid or so, which makes them an inexpensive gift idea.
If you want to spend a little bit more though, and show that you’ve put a bit more thought into it, you can have your own text and/image printed onto a mug for dad, which I think is great. I still have a mug like this with a photo of my kids on when they were toddlers, I’ve had that mug for probably 10 years now.
Is there a photo of the kids or grandkids that you could have printed onto a mug that would make him smile? Or maybe Dad/Grandad has a nickname or a special saying, or something else that you could have printed onto a coffee mug which would make this a particularly meaningful gift?
You can get mugs like this on Amazon, there are also websites such as Photoimageart and Photobox who produce personalised mugs, personalised travel mugs, personalised tea towels, cushions, canvas prints, aprons & all sorts, which I think make for great alternative Father’s day gifts to “off the shelf” gifts.
There we go, lots of Father’s day coffee gift ideas for coffee loving Dad’s this year :-).
If you were to ask me what I would prefer from the above, as a Dad who loves coffee, then definitely it would be the coffee subscription – although I probably have enough for now ;-). Don’t forget, if you decide to go for the Blue Coffe Box subscription offer, the website is Bluecoffeebox.com, and the code for the box is CB719 or for the bag discount, use the code CB713.
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The hottest rentals around aren’t necessarily those gleaming high-rises with doormen and valets, Olympic-size pools, climbing walls, and happy hour. Instead, single-family homes are seeing the biggest spike in popularity.
The number of house rentals jumped 31% from 2006 to 2017, according to a recent RENTCafé report. Meanwhile, apartment building rentals grew only 14% over the same decade.
The rental listings site analyzed national U.S. Census data to come up with its findings.
“We found it interesting that there was such a huge increase on the single-family rental side, especially given the large number of new apartments completed in the last few years,” says Nadia Balint, a real estate writer for RENTCafé. Many of “these people who are renting single-family homes cannot afford to buy homes.”
There was an influx of single-family homes hitting the rental market after the financial crisis, as these types of houses were scooped up by investors when prices hit rock bottom. The abodes were often fixed up and then rented out to tenants who had lost their own homes to foreclosures or short sales.
Often these ex-homeowners couldn’t afford to buy again, or they didn’t have good enough credit or were just reluctant to make the commitment again.
Even now that the economy has recovered, rising prices and mortgage rates are making it difficult for many renters to make the transition into buying. Rental homes tend to be leased out to younger adults with roommates, families with children, and baby boomers seeking to downsize.
“The availability of starter homes and more affordable homes is pretty low right now,” Balint says. “That’s probably why renters are looking at single-family rentals when they get to a point where they need the extra space.”
But it’s worth pointing out that the apartment rental market is still significantly larger than those seeking to lease out whole houses. There were 26 million apartments for rent, compared with 15 million single-family homes, in 2016. And since the economy has recovered, builders have rushed to put up more luxury apartment towers in recent years.
Some cities have seen much larger rises in the number of house rentals than others. In Phoenix, single-family rentals shot up 77%, from 56,900 in 2007 to 100,800 in 2016, according to the report. (RENTCafé looked at the 30 largest cities by population for the report.) About 44,000 single-family homes were turned into rentals in Phoenix during that decade.
Phoenix was followed by Boston, at 63%; Fort Worth, TX, at 60%; Austin, TX, at 55%; and Charlotte, NC, also at 55%.
However, in addition to Phoenix, the most single-family rentals by sheer numbers were in Los Angeles, at 184,000; Philadelphia, at 111,600; Houston, at 102,100; and New York, at 94,000.
“It’s a great alternative to apartment living and homeownership,” says Mark Wolf, CEO and founder of AHV Communities, which builds communities of detached, single-family homes in the suburbs. “A lot of people want to be mobile. They don’t want to be saddled with mortgage debt, and they want to live maintenance-free.”
His company is currently leasing out 1,500- to 2,000-square-foot homes in three suburban Texas subdivisions. The first is an 82-house development in San Antonio. The other two are in the Austin suburbs: a 92-house development in Georgetown and an 83-house development in Pfluggerville. The communities feature on-site management, pools, fitness centers, clubhouses, and maintenance (e.g., lawn mowing) included in the rent.
The homes range from three to four bedrooms and come with attached garages and full lawns. The rent starts at $1,700 a month.
“They’re truly suburban homes,” Wolf says. They’re geared toward the “many people who don’t want to own and [the] many folks who can’t own.”
Despite the popularity of these rental homes, nationally their rise is beginning to slow from the heyday of 2008 to 2014. House rentals were essentially flat, rising only 0.5% year over year in 2016, according to the most recent data available.
That’s because there aren’t too many companies out there like AHV Communities building these kinds of homes. And investors are more reluctant to purchase rentals now that it’s a seller’s market in most places.
“Now that the prices are going back up, it doesn’t make much sense any more to buy [houses] at a lower price and rent them out,” Balint says.
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Right now there are plenty of good commercial and residential roof restoration business in Highland Park. These providers focus on roof repair , replacement gutters, vinyl siding repair, rows, ice dam removal, infrared moisture detection, maintenance, ice dam prevention etc. If you acquire difficulties or get the wish to modify the presentation of your home, you need to talk to a repair contractor.
There are many competent roofing contractors out there and they can handle large and small projects. They service businesses and all kinds of residences such as townhouses, apartments, condos, and private homes. They can fix any type of roofing such as shingles, flat roofs, tile, and metal.Many roofing companies offer free consultations and estimates, so you should definitely take advantage of that. Meet with a few roofing specialists. Get answers to your questions and compare estimates until you find the best person for the job. Some roof repair companies offer same day repair services, so keep that in mind if you are shopping around. A roof is the most important part of a home or building, so you should get the problem fixed immediately. A poorly installed or damaged roof can cause excessive damage to a building, so find a contractor who can repair your roof quickly.
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Why Buy A New Airstream Rooftop AC?Your Airstream rooftop AC has seen its best days and you are ready to replace it with a new unit. The newer rooftop units are more efficient and do a better job of cooling your Airstream than the older models ever did. This article is intended help you replace the old rooftop cooling unit yourself with very little effort on your part.The Airstream travel trailer in this article is a 1986 Airstream Sovereign with an old Coleman Mach rooftop air conditioner which had given good service over the years. The fan motor is giving problems and to replace it would cost too much money when a new unit could be purchased for a little over twice the price of repairs. Even if the fan motor was replaced, AC compressor is old and could malfunction at any time. This would necessitate spending more money on repairs than a new rooftop unit would cost. So the obvious solution was to install a new cooling unit on the Airstream Sovereign travel trailer. Choosing and Buying A New Airstream ACWe chose to go back with a Coleman 13,500 BTU rooftop AC because it had the same overhead clearance as the previous Coleman unit. Also, it came complete with the ceiling assembly and nothing else was needed, unlike some of the other units made by Carrier and Dometic. It was the best rooftop air conditioner for the money of those we researched, plus the ease of replacing a similar unit was taken in consideration. This same RV A/C is sold on this page along with other fine units made by Carrier and Dometic which are also well know for their efficiency and reliability.The choice is yours to decide as to the make and model of your new cooling unit and as they are all installed similarly, this article will work just as well for all of them. The new Coleman air conditioner arrived in only two days so we began by examining it closely to ascertain it wasn’t damaged while being shipped. It was in perfect shape and we were ready to begin the installation process. Removing The Old A/C Because of the shiny aluminum skin covering most Airstream travel trailers, it is very important to use proper support and padding to prevent damage to roof covering while replacing the rooftop unit. This includes removing the old unit carefully and cleaning the roof thoroughly before installing the new one in your Airstream.Be sure to disconnect the electrical power from the trailer before removing the old unit. Remove the old ceiling assembly and disconnect the main electrical line from the AC unit. If you are hesitant about doing the electrical connections yourself then have someone experienced do this for you. There are only three wires to disconnect and removing them should pose no problems for you at this time. Remove the 4 bolts used for attaching the old rooftop unit to the ceiling assembly. After removing the AC shroud by loosening the 4 nuts holding it in place, the old rooftop unit can be carefully removed and lowered to the ground. Airstream A/C Installation PreparationIn some cases the Airstream AC gasket has been treated with a sealant, perhaps several times over the many camping seasons. These sealants usually cause the old rooftop AC units to be stuck in place which requires using a thin putty knife to separate the old gasket from the Airstream roof. Carefully slide the putty knife beneath the old gasket until the unit can be easily removed. Remove any lingering roof coating adhesive with a strong solvent being careful not to let it discolor the area outside of the new gasket contact area. Check for any jagged edges or rough spots which could cause the gasket to allow moisture to seep through. This is a very important step to prevent leaks around the new rooftop AC unit.You are now ready to transport the new unit to the rooftop of your Airstream travel trailer. Unless you are very strong you will need some help with this job. Be very careful if using ladders as it is easy to lose your balance while lifting the new air condtioner. First, remove the new protective shroud to facilitate ease of handling and placement. Installing The New RV Air Conditioner Situating the new rooftop AC unit correctly requires some help to keep from having to go up and down the ladder several times to check both inside, and on the rooftop, to correctly align the new unit. By loosely connecting the 4 retaining bolts through the ceiling flange, you can move the new rooftop unit around until it is evenly spaced in the 14” square duct hole in the Airstream roof.Once you have the new unit in the right spot you can tighten the bolts which compresses the new gasket and insure a watertight seal. If you purchased the optional heating element for your rooftop AC, proceed to install it according to the enclosed directions. This is a simple plug in assembly for electrical connections.Connect the Airstream line electrical wires to the new AC unit by using wire nuts and replacing the cover of the junction box. The ceiling assembly is usually attached by 4 screws to the ceiling flange. Install the new rooftop AC shroud with the 4 retaining nuts. Reconnect the power supply to the Airstream and the job is finished. Using and maintaining your new Airstream ACTest the new unit to ensure everything is working correctly with no circuit breakers kicking off. Now you are ready to stay cool for many seasons to come while enjoying your classic Airstream travel trailer. Good luck on the installation and congratulations on the money you will save by installing the rooftop unit on your Airstream yourself. By doing annual maintenance such as cleaning the coils and oiling the AC fan motor, you will ensure proper efficiency and cooling of your Airstream travel trailer for many years of camping enjoyment for you and your future grandchildren.
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Why Buy A New Airstream Rooftop AC?Your Airstream rooftop AC has seen its best days and you are ready to replace it with a new unit. The newer rooftop units are more efficient and do a better job of cooling your Airstream than the older models ever did. This article is intended help you replace the old rooftop cooling unit yourself with very little effort on your part.The Airstream travel trailer in this article is a 1986 Airstream Sovereign with an old Coleman Mach rooftop air conditioner which had given good service over the years. The fan motor is giving problems and to replace it would cost too much money when a new unit could be purchased for a little over twice the price of repairs. Even if the fan motor was replaced, AC compressor is old and could malfunction at any time. This would necessitate spending more money on repairs than a new rooftop unit would cost. So the obvious solution was to install a new cooling unit on the Airstream Sovereign travel trailer. Choosing and Buying A New Airstream ACWe chose to go back with a Coleman 13,500 BTU rooftop AC because it had the same overhead clearance as the previous Coleman unit. Also, it came complete with the ceiling assembly and nothing else was needed, unlike some of the other units made by Carrier and Dometic. It was the best rooftop air conditioner for the money of those we researched, plus the ease of replacing a similar unit was taken in consideration. This same RV A/C is sold on this page along with other fine units made by Carrier and Dometic which are also well know for their efficiency and reliability.The choice is yours to decide as to the make and model of your new cooling unit and as they are all installed similarly, this article will work just as well for all of them. The new Coleman air conditioner arrived in only two days so we began by examining it closely to ascertain it wasn’t damaged while being shipped. It was in perfect shape and we were ready to begin the installation process. Removing The Old A/C Because of the shiny aluminum skin covering most Airstream travel trailers, it is very important to use proper support and padding to prevent damage to roof covering while replacing the rooftop unit. This includes removing the old unit carefully and cleaning the roof thoroughly before installing the new one in your Airstream.Be sure to disconnect the electrical power from the trailer before removing the old unit. Remove the old ceiling assembly and disconnect the main electrical line from the AC unit. If you are hesitant about doing the electrical connections yourself then have someone experienced do this for you. There are only three wires to disconnect and removing them should pose no problems for you at this time. Remove the 4 bolts used for attaching the old rooftop unit to the ceiling assembly. After removing the AC shroud by loosening the 4 nuts holding it in place, the old rooftop unit can be carefully removed and lowered to the ground. Airstream A/C Installation PreparationIn some cases the Airstream AC gasket has been treated with a sealant, perhaps several times over the many camping seasons. These sealants usually cause the old rooftop AC units to be stuck in place which requires using a thin putty knife to separate the old gasket from the Airstream roof. Carefully slide the putty knife beneath the old gasket until the unit can be easily removed. Remove any lingering roof coating adhesive with a strong solvent being careful not to let it discolor the area outside of the new gasket contact area. Check for any jagged edges or rough spots which could cause the gasket to allow moisture to seep through. This is a very important step to prevent leaks around the new rooftop AC unit.You are now ready to transport the new unit to the rooftop of your Airstream travel trailer. Unless you are very strong you will need some help with this job. Be very careful if using ladders as it is easy to lose your balance while lifting the new air condtioner. First, remove the new protective shroud to facilitate ease of handling and placement. Installing The New RV Air Conditioner Situating the new rooftop AC unit correctly requires some help to keep from having to go up and down the ladder several times to check both inside, and on the rooftop, to correctly align the new unit. By loosely connecting the 4 retaining bolts through the ceiling flange, you can move the new rooftop unit around until it is evenly spaced in the 14” square duct hole in the Airstream roof.Once you have the new unit in the right spot you can tighten the bolts which compresses the new gasket and insure a watertight seal. If you purchased the optional heating element for your rooftop AC, proceed to install it according to the enclosed directions. This is a simple plug in assembly for electrical connections.Connect the Airstream line electrical wires to the new AC unit by using wire nuts and replacing the cover of the junction box. The ceiling assembly is usually attached by 4 screws to the ceiling flange. Install the new rooftop AC shroud with the 4 retaining nuts. Reconnect the power supply to the Airstream and the job is finished. Using and maintaining your new Airstream ACTest the new unit to ensure everything is working correctly with no circuit breakers kicking off. Now you are ready to stay cool for many seasons to come while enjoying your classic Airstream travel trailer. Good luck on the installation and congratulations on the money you will save by installing the rooftop unit on your Airstream yourself. By doing annual maintenance such as cleaning the coils and oiling the AC fan motor, you will ensure proper efficiency and cooling of your Airstream travel trailer for many years of camping enjoyment for you and your future grandchildren.
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