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I kid you not. That's exactly what the 47th Street Wal-Mart Market's manager said when I asked why shopping carts were blocking this store's lone bike rack, forcing me to move six carts just to park my bike.
That statement by her is not only the lamest excuse I have ever heard (this problem, at this store, has been going on since last summer), it's the height of arrogance in the cars vs. bikes Cold War.
I have news for her. We hard-core bicyclists in Chicago ride in all kinds of weather, just like hard-core motorists.
We ride for health. We ride to protect the environment. We ride because it's counterproductive to wait a half hour for a bus, and two buses show up at once. We ride because public transportation is unreliable and too damn expensive, and owning a car even more so.
Every Wal-Mart with a bike rack should expect bicyclists to ride in every kind of weather condition there is. And if they wouldn't accept shopping carts blocking parking spaces, it should be the same for bike racks. KEEP THE BIKE RACKS CLEAR OF OBSTRUCTIONS. ALWAYS.
Expecting and nursing mothers require social protection but workers in the informal economy are often not covered. Maternity protection has been a primary concern of the ILO since its creation in 1919. Workplace support for mothers who are breastfeeding has been a basic provision of maternity protection.
The Philippines expanded maternity leave benefits in 2019 to align with international labour standards. The ILO also promoted exclusive breastfeeding in the workplace to advance women’s rights to maternity protection and to improve nutrition security for Filipino children. Know more: www.ilo.org/manila/projects/WCMS_379090/lang--en/index.htm
Photo ©ILO / E. Tuyay
November 2011
Manila, Philippines
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The Illinois Department of Transportation (IDOT), Illinois State Police (ISP) and the Illinois Tollway were joined by their industry partners today to kick off National Work Zone Awareness Week with a reminder to all Illinois motorists: Expect the unexpected driving
through work zones. To signal the start of construction season and call attention to the dangers of driving in work zones, Governor Bruce Rauner has signed a proclamation designating this week
as “Work Zone Safety Week” in Illinois.
“Construction season is underway. That means crews will be out working on the roads, often times just a few feet away from traffic,” said Acting Illinois Transportation Secretary Randy Blankenhorn. “Please slow down and eliminate distractions while driving through work zones.
The rules are very simple: See orange. Slow down. Save lives.”
The theme for this year’s National Work Zone Awareness Week is “Expect the Unexpected.”
Whenever motorists are traveling through work zones, they need to be aware of sudden lane closures and shifts, the presence of construction equipment, changing traffic patterns and speeds, as well as a host of other factors that can make work zones potentially dangerous places. More than 4,300 motor vehicle crashes occur in Illinois work zones every year. Provisional data shows that 29 people, including three workers, were killed in Illinois work zone crashes in 2014.
“Construction work zones can be hazardous to motorists and workers alike,” said ISP Col. Mike Zerbonia. “Motorists should prepare for the unexpected by reducing speed and staying focused on the road ahead. Speeding and distracted driving in a work zone is a dangerous offense with tragic consequences.”
Speed and inattentiveness are major contributors to work zone crashes. Workers are not the only ones at risk, either. Statistics show that approximately 90 percent of all work zone fatalities are
motorists.
This year, IDOT will be expanding on the Smart Work Zone technology introduced last year. The system utilizes computers to relay travel times via digital message boards in advance of an interstate work zone so motorists are aware of any backups and can seek alternate routes. Speed
indicator boards will be deployed again this year to increase awareness of work zone speed limits.
Illinois State Police also will continue to operate photo enforcement vans as another measure to reduce speeds in work zones. Signs are posted prior to motorists entering work zones where photo enforcement vans are stationed, with a speed indicator board above the van to give drivers one last chance to slow down.
“With so much construction on the Illinois Tollway this year, it’s important for drivers traveling
in work zones to use caution at all times,” said Illinois Tollway Executive Director Kristi
Lafleur. “Tollway customers can avoid surprises in work zones by planning ahead and visiting
our website for the latest project information and tools to help plan your trip.”
Fines for speeding in work zones are $375 for first-time offenders and $1,000 for a second offense, whether or not workers are present. If workers are present, motorists can lose their driver’s license for up to 90 days after a second violation. The penalty for hitting a worker is a fine up to $10,000 and 14 years in prison.
In recent years, Illinois has adopted distracted driving laws that prohibit the use of all hand-held electronic devices while driving at all times, work zones included. The use of electronic
communications devices or any other electronic device, to text, e-mail, compose, read or send
electronic messages or access internet sites while driving a motor vehicle also is prohibited.
Visit www.embracetheorange.com to take the Work Zone Safety Pledge and learn more about
work zones.
You can view IDOT’s work zone safety public service announcements at
Watersoluble crayon and pen and ink. I started this on the way out to South Dakota, and finished when I returned.
More than 700,000 homes and business are now connected to fibre broadband thanks to the Scottish Government’s Digital Scotland Superfast Broadband programme.
The Scottish Government is on track and on budget to meet its target to extend broadband to 95% of premises by the end of 2017.
The news comes ahead of the Cabinet meeting and public discussion in Pitlochry tomorrow (Monday), focussed on the rural economy, with over 250 people expected to attend to quiz the First Minister and Cabinet Secretaries on issues facing the town and surrounding areas.
The maiden voyage of an event that is expected to become an annual affair was held on Wednesday at McCombs Middle School. The Wellness Fair went very, well – well!
Thirty vendors were represented at booths in the gym but the show-stealers were out front where fire trucks and the Des Moines Police Department Bomb Squad were parked. In the backyard were a couple of obstacle courses; an inflatable version and a traditional one fashioned from automobile and tractor tires. Roaming the grounds was Cubbie Bear on behalf of the Iowa Cubs who would have easily been the BMOC (Big Mascot on Campus) if not for the inflatable soldier the US Army brought along.
Read the full report at www.dmschools.org/blog
RICHMOND, Calif., - More than 300 volunteers are expected to roll-up their sleeves to rebuild the aging John F. Kennedy Park into a community gem. The City of Richmond, in partnership with The Trust for Public Land, is championing the one-day community-build park project in the City’s Park Plaza neighborhood, which will also include the installation of more than neighborhood trees in celebration of Arbor Day.
Built in 1968, the seven-acre park will be renovated to meet the changing needs of today’s park users and bring multiple benefits to the neighborhood. The project and process is a catalyst of a new era for park revitalization and cross-sector partnerships.
“I’ll be there with a wheel barrel and ready to work,” said Mayor Tom Butt who’s a strong supporter of expanding the City’s urban park footprint. “I applaud the commitment of the neighborhood residents who have been working with our urban planners to redesign the park into something we can all be proud of.”
Since April 2015, more than 400 community members have joined in the participatory process to design the park improvements. Together, they are helping shape future programs aimed at improving quality of life and providing connections to meaningful, safe, beautiful outdoor spaces for people of all ages.
“Our park has been underutilized for many years for a variety of reasons,” says Madalyn Law, President of the Park Plaza Neighborhood Council. “The rebuild of JFK Park gives our neighbors an opportunity to use the park again in a more positive environment with new features designed for all ages to come together for health and wellness and fun in the outdoors.
Generously funded and technically supported by The Trust for Public Land, the new design will feature a family zone with a children’s playscape, offering a fun environment designed to enhance youth's imagination around play, and build positive childhood memories. The park will be the home of the City of Richmond’s first Fitness ZoneTM and fitness trail. Together, the fully-accessible and senior-friendly fitness zone and the fitness trail encourage area residents to meet in the park and support one another in healthy lifestyle choices and strengthening social ties.
“Every Richmond resident deserves a quality park within walking distance from their home,” said Gina Fromer, The Trust for Public Land California State Director. “Good parks make neighborhoods healthy and whole.”
Other park improvements include a community garden, the installation of energy efficient LED lights, a 5,000 square foot mural, and a rain garden.
“With the new improvements going into the park, I have no doubt that it will be a community treasure for generations to come,” said Mayor Butt. “Open space that has a mix of passive and active use and is appropriate for different age groups means everyone in our community will be able to enjoy it.”
The upcoming volunteer action is part of the City’s on-going commitment to invest in its neighborhoods. Earlier this year, more than 100 volunteers came together to rebuild the softball field in an event sponsored by O.C. Jones & Sons, beginning a powerful movement for change in the neighborhood.
Chevron is providing funding for the Chevron STEM Learning Center and Community Plaza, which will provide a teaching space for local schools to use to explore science, technology, engineering and math (STEM), as well as a picnic pavilion for residents to enjoy.
“We are proud to partner with the City of Richmond on this park project, which will help spark interest in STEM for students at neighboring schools,” said Kory Judd, general manager of the Chevron Richmond Refinery. “The John F. Kennedy Park provides a unique opportunity for our neighbors and students to enjoy the park space and explore STEM education in a park setting.”
In addition to the community-build park event, the public is invited to visit The 50 Tour: Champions of the Bay presented by Chevron. The tour will feature the eight Vince Lombardi trophies from the Oakland Raiders and San Francisco 49ers and a guest appearance by an NFL legend. It will also feature the Chevron STEM Zone, an interactive learning space that demonstrates how STEM fuels innovation all around us – through the lens of football.
"I've been a proud resident of the south east community for over 40 years and it's wonderful that some of our requested neighborhood improvements are coming to fruition," said Naomi Williams, President of the Pullman Neighborhood Council. "With the park improvements and the reopening of the Richmond Swim Center, we are seeing a south east renaissance."
I didn’t expect much of anything on Amtrak #3 until going through my photo and realizing the last Big Game Sticker unit was leading! I have no idea what it was doing all the way out at DG considering it was mainly used on eastern trains but it was definitely neat to see something I didn’t pay attention to often but wanted to always see!
Edit: I should point out that the same day I did see Amtrak 157 as well. Why is it significant? Well that unit used to be a Big Game Train unit (which I have seen with the sticker) way back then! So I guess I got two for two and a half lol
Brook lies about a quarter mile from the start of Wye Down, I can see it in the spring when I am orchid hunting, but never really thought about what the village was like, or even called.
After looking at John Vigar's book, I realised there were a few churches in east Kent I had missed out, and Brook was one. I dd not read up on it, so did not know what to expect. In fact, it seems of similar construction to Brabourne, with a stocky tower, and inside, sadly locked, the tower has a private chapel built into it.
But what is obvious is the hole in the north side facing the road. This clearly needed further inspection.
You reach the church via a bridge over a stream, presumably after which the village is named, and there is a path leading to the church door, which was unlocked.
On closer inspection, the recess in the north wall lead to a door, and inside the church, there was an oval door. This is a hagioscope (or squint), but I have never seen one in the outside wall of a church before.
Once home, I did some research, and found out about anchorites, people who decided to leave the cares of the world, lived like hermits attached to a church, with a window into the church so to witness the services.
If this wasn't remarkable enough, elsewhere inside the church had been re-ordered in the 1980s so it now resembles a 12th century Norman church, and has a remarkable collection of wall paintings on top of all that.
To call it breathtaking would be an understatement.
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An anchorite or anchoret (female: anchoress; adj. anchoritic; from Ancient Greek: ἀναχωρητής, anachōrētḗs, "one who has retired from the world",[2][3] from the verb ἀναχωρέω, anachōréō, signifying "to withdraw", "to retire"[4]) is someone who, for religious reasons, withdraws from secular society so as to be able to lead an intensely prayer-oriented, ascetic, and—circumstances permitting—Eucharist-focused life. Whilst anchorites are frequently considered to be a type of religious hermit,[5] unlike hermits they were required to take a vow of stability of place, opting instead for permanent enclosure in cells often attached to churches. Also unlike hermits, anchorites were subject to a religious rite of consecration that closely resembled the funeral rite, following which—theoretically, at least—they would be considered dead to the world, a type of living saint. Anchorites had a certain autonomy, as they did not answer to any ecclesiastical authority other than the bishop.[6]
The anchoritic life is one of the earliest forms of Christian monastic living. In the Roman Catholic Church today, it is one of the "Other Forms of Consecrated Life" and governed by the same norms as the consecrated eremitic life.[7] From the 12th to the 16th centuries, female anchorites consistently outnumbered their male equivalents, sometimes by as many as four to one (in the 13th century), dropping eventually to two to one (in the 15th century). The gender of a high number of anchorites, however, is not recorded for these periods.
The anchoritic life became widespread during the early and high Middle Ages.[9] Examples of the dwellings of anchorites and anchoresses survive. A large number of these are in England. They tended to be a simple cell (also called anchorhold), built against one of the walls of the local village church.[10] In the Germanic lands, from at least the 10th century, it was customary for the bishop to say the office of the dead as the anchorite entered his cell, to signify the anchorite's death to the world and rebirth to a spiritual life of solitary communion with God and the angels. Sometimes, if the anchorite were walled up inside the cell, the bishop would put his seal upon the wall to stamp it with his authority. Some anchorites, however, freely moved between their cell and the adjoining church.[11]
Most anchoritic strongholds were small, perhaps no more than 12 to 15 ft (3.7 to 4.6 m) square, with three windows. Viewing the altar, hearing Mass, and receiving Holy Communion was possible through one small, shuttered window in the common wall facing the sanctuary, called a "hagioscope" or "squint". Anchorites would also provide spiritual advice and counsel to visitors through this window, as the anchorites gained a reputation for wisdom.[12] Another small window would allow access to those who saw to the anchorite's physical needs, such as food and other necessities. A third window, often facing the street, but covered with translucent cloth, would allow light into the cell.[6]
Anchorites were supposed to remain in their cell in all eventualities. Some were even burned in their cells, which they refused to leave even when pirates or other attackers were looting and burning their towns.[13] They ate frugal meals, spending their days both in contemplative prayer and interceding on behalf of others. Anchorites' bodily waste was managed by means of a chamber pot.[14]
In addition to being the crucial physical location wherein the anchorite could embark on the journey towards union with God and the culmination of spiritual perfection, the anchorhold also provided a spiritual and geographic focus for many of those people from the wider society who came to ask for advice and spiritual guidance. It is clear that, although set apart from the community at large by stone walls and specific spiritual precepts, the anchorite also lay at the very centre of that same community. The anchorhold was clearly also a communal 'womb' from which would emerge an idealized sense of a community's own reborn potential, both as Christians and as human subjects.[8]
An idea of their daily routine can be gleaned from an anchoritic Rule. The most widely known today is the early 13th century text known as Ancrene Wisse.[15] Another, less widely known, example is the rule known as De Institutione Inclusarum written in the 12th century, around 1160–62, by Aelred of Rievaulx for his sister.[16] It is estimated that the daily set devotions detailed in Ancrene Wisse would take some four hours, on top of which anchoresses would listen to services in the church, and engage in their own private prayers and devotional reading.
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Since its re-ordering in 1986 Brook church has shown the visitor what a church interior might have looked like in the twelfth century. The chancel is empty except for the medieval stone altar, discovered a few years ago in the churchyard, and now set on two ragstone pillars. The church is large, for throughout the medieval period it belonged to Christ Church, Canterbury. There is much Norman work to be seen, including the three-stage west tower which contains a purpose-built chapel or `westwerk`. The church has a comprehensive series of thirteenth-century wall paintings, overlain by some fourteenth- and seventeenth-century murals, although the early paintings are not as well preserved as in some other churches. In the north wall of the chancel is a small almond-shaped hagioscope to the exterior. It may have connected to an anchorite's cell, but is more likely to have been associated with the exposition of a relic on the high altar. It is certainly not a low side window as the tower bell would have been used for this purpose.
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LIES the next parish southward from Wye. It is written in antient records both Broc and Broke, and takes its name from its low situation on the stream which runs through it, baroca in Saxon signifying a rivulet. It seems once to have been accounted a hundred of itself; but at the time of taking the survey of Domesday, in the year 1080, it was reputed to be in the hundred of Wye, as it is now.
The parish is very small, and is but little known, lying out of the way of all traffic and throughfare. It is not more than a mile across each way, and has in it about twenty houses. It lies very low and wet, in a deep miry soil. There is some coppice wood in the southern part of it, about forty-three acres, of which twenty-eighty belong to the dean and chapter of Canterbury. The village is nearly in the centre of the parish, having the church at the north end of it. There is a small hamlet, called Little Bedleston, consisting of only two houses, in the eastern part of the parish, close under the high ridge of hills called Braborne-downs, to the foot of which this parish extends eastward.
BROOKE was given, long before the conquest, by Karlemann, a priest, to the church of Canterbury; but it was wrested from the church in the troublesome times which soon after followed, by reason of the Danish wars, and it continued in lay hands at the accession of the Conqueror; soon after which it appears to have been in the possession of Hugh de Montfort, from whom archbishop Lanfranc recovered Brooke again to his church in the solemn assembly of the whole county, held on this occassion by the king's command, at Pinenden-heath in 1076; and then on the division which the archbishop made of the lands of his church, this manor was allotted by him, among others, to the share of the priory of Christ-church, Canterbury; accordingly it is thus entered among the possessions of it, in the survey of Domesday, under the general title of Terra Monachorum Archiepi, i. e. lands of the monks of the archbishops;
In the hundred of Wi, the archbishop himself holds one manor, which was taxed at one suling, in the time of king Edward the Confessor, and now, for half a suling. The arable land is two carucates. In demesne there is one, and three villeins, with four borderers having two carucates and an half. There is a church, and one mill of two shillings, and two servants, and seven acres of meadow. Wood for the pannage of ten hogs. In the time of king Edward the Confessor, and afterwards, it was worth fifty shillings, now four pounds.
This manor was soon after this let to farm, by the monks, to Robert de Rumene, at the above rent, and was allotted de cibo eorum, that is, to the use of their refectory; and the possession of it was confirmed to them both by king Henry I. and II. (fn. 1) King Edward II. in his 10th year, granted to the prior and convent free warren in all their demesne lands in Broke, among other places which they were in possession of at the time of the charter of liberties granted to them by his grandfather Henry III. about which time this manor was valued at 22l. 1s. 10d. In which state it afterwards continued till the dissolution of the priory of Christchurch in the 31st year of Henry VIII. when it came into the king's hands, where it did not remain long, for the king settled it by his dotation-charter, in his 33d year, on his new-erected dean and chapter of Canterbury, part of whose possessions it still remains.
The demesne lands have been constantly let by the dean and chapter on a beneficial lease, at the yearly rent of 13l. 6s. 8d. in money, and four quarters of wheat. The present lessee is Mr. John Berry, of Newbery, Berkshire; but the manerial rights they retain in their own hands.
A court baron is regularly held for this manor. There are no parochial charities.
BROOKE is within the ECCLESIASTICAL JURISDICTION of the diocese of Canterbury, and deanry of Bridge. The church, which is dedicated to St. Mary, is but small, consisting of one isle and a chancel, with a low square tower at the west end, in which are two bells. There are no memorials of any account in it.
The church of Brooke has always been accounted an appendage to the manor, and as such passed with it from the priory of Christ-church into the hands of the crown, and from thence to the dean and chapter of Canterbury, who are the present patrons of it. The woods belonging to the dean and chapter here, claim an exemption from paying tithes.
¶This rectory is valued in the king's books at 7l. 7s. 3d. and is of the clear yearly certified value of thirty pounds. In 1588 it was valued at thirty pounds. Communicants ninety-two. In 1640 at sixty pounds. Communicants sixty. There are now only ten communicants. In 1724 it was augmented with the sum of 200l. given by the governors of queen Anne's bounty, on the gift of 100l. from the dean and chapter of Canterbury, and the like sum from Dr. Godolphin, dean of St. Paul's; with which there was purchased a piece of land, containing nine acres, called Great Chequer field, adjoining to the town of Wye.
After a long campaign by local residents over a period of more than two years resisting redevelopment, in May 2009 the Planning Inspectorate finally gave permission of the demolition of the King of Denmark pub on Ridgway, Wimbledon Village - located in the West Wimbledon Conservation Area. It is expected to be replaced by a new building which is planned to resemble the next door shops, with a gastro pub on the ground floor and offices above.
In the end the local residents group conceded that the building was 'not of such architectural quality that we could sustain an objection to the principle of demolition". Got to agree with them there - although in fairness, I understand that the objections were based not so much on the demolition of the existing building by reservations above the design quality of the successively proposed alternatives for the site.
Notes for a guided walk around Wimbledon suggest the pub was built around the 1860s but I have no idea how good a source that it.
This pub was reputed to part of the (in)famous 'Wimbledon Eight' pub crawl - a favourite pass time of the talented actor and renoun drinker, Oliver Reed.
I hadn't expected Bayliss YY73 PKC to turn up at Rye last night on the 2342 Rail Replacement service to Ashford International. It is one of a matching pair of Enviro 400s supplied new at the start of 2024 and had, I believe, been the standby bus at Ore.
I expect it was put there when the naval establishment was built during the Second World War. Come to think of it, my Dad was never the same after he was conscripted at that time to to work in factory making electrical parts with asbestos components. Asthma they called it.
The prof told me there were new signs of life at the Mulberry Park site, so when I went to post late Christmas - er - timely New Year - cards, I went with camera at the ready.
WHY WAS THIS PHOTO IN MY PERSONAL TOP 20 ALBUM?
Ever since being given a macro lens for my birthday, it's been a solid fixture on my camera - I have mostly concentrated on street photography lately, and I've found that it works really well for that. The downside though is that this kind of shot isn't really possible.
This was the last photo that I took on a weekend away in Adelaide. I took my macro lens with me, but didn't use it - this shot was taking with the standard lens that came with the camera.
I like it because it's not the sort of photo that I generally take, but it turned out exactly how I'd hoped it would.
It was late in the day, and the light being reflected off the building was amazing, as were the angles I saw on the street. I think the quality is surprising good considering it was shot at ISO3200 - it's the sort of shot that I wouldn't have expected to be able to take without a tripod. I think it's the general composition that I like most about this photo though.
I fit a lot more than I expected. But I am not out of the woods yet, I still have all my bathroom shit + some more clothes and random shit to try to get in the backseat. I cannot fold down the back seats because then it would leave no legroom up in front and while I am not that tall, Dave is and I do not want him to be uncomfortable.
I bought 6 of those 'Space Bags' - 4 large and 2 ginormous. What a waste of money. Well, they work, kinda. One of the large ones RIPPED as I was putting it in the car (and not overfilled) so I really could have fit MORE in the trunk if that thing was not full of air right now. All of the other ones but one DID leak, so I put each one in the car, sucked all the air out again, then put a new one on top of it. We were joking that the trunk of my car is going to explode :D I doubt it, but I bet everything WILL be all wrinkled once air starts getting in there again.
However, whereas no one seemed to think I could fit all 6 bags in the trunk period (including with nothing else), not only did I fit all 6 but I got a surprising amount of other crap in there. Yay.
I am also washing my down comforter. I am almost tempted to ship it. We will see. I will do some more packing soon. I am bummed my jewelery chest did not fit in the trunk (too tall), I really did not want it anywhere that it might be remotely visible. We will see.
But this all helps everything seem more real. About 40 hours till I pick up Dave! YAY!!!!
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Just wanted to share the good news - Susanne is pregnant again and due at the end of September! If you're an ultrasound expert and call tell if it's a boy or a girl, please keep it to yourself - we'd like to be surprised. :-)
The maiden voyage of an event that is expected to become an annual affair was held on Wednesday at McCombs Middle School. The Wellness Fair went very, well – well!
Thirty vendors were represented at booths in the gym but the show-stealers were out front where fire trucks and the Des Moines Police Department Bomb Squad were parked. In the backyard were a couple of obstacle courses; an inflatable version and a traditional one fashioned from automobile and tractor tires. Roaming the grounds was Cubbie Bear on behalf of the Iowa Cubs who would have easily been the BMOC (Big Mascot on Campus) if not for the inflatable soldier the US Army brought along.
Read the full report at www.dmschools.org/blog
Part of the crowd that gathered in Boulder, Co. to protest the expected Supreme Court decision overturning Roe v Wade, thereby eliminating federal protection of abortion rights.
It's Friday, and as expected Gabby wanted to wind down with a nice cold beer, but Clarabelle had other ideas. Moving the glasses just out of Gabby's reach was her nefarious plan to keep her from her moments of relaxation.
Clarabelle failed to realize that Gabby has really long arms (and legs) and that reaching the beverage vessels would not be problem.
On Thursday afternoon, I walked into Lodhi Colony’s posh and sought after Japanese restaurant Guppy. I looked around intrigued, I had really expected it to be a more formal setting. But Guppy’s fun Asian vibe with a homely decor had me the moment I walked through the restaurant.
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Not being a major fan of seafood, I was slightly apprehensive about eating authentic Japanese food.
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The chef probably wanted to ease us in so the first thing we tried was a smoked pumpkin soup with sakura wood and crispy pumpkin seeds. The smoked flavor overpowered the typical pumpkin taste, which worked well. There were also some leaves thrown in to add to the flavor and give some green to the ochre soup.
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Next we sampled a cold smoked Kampachi, a type of fish that was served on a bed of some salad, again, the dish was smoked to perfection. Because of how close it was to the taste and texture, all of us at the table assumed it was salmon. The chef later told us what it was!
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We tried another type of Kampachi, right after this one.
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Next, our server, smile on his face, walked up to our table with two trays of sushi. Before he had put the tray down at our table, I decided I would pass on the sushi. But within seconds, I was talked into eating it. I was told I couldn’t go to Guppy and not have their sushi. I was afraid but I picked up my chopsticks and bit into the sushi, it had almost all the basics from the sushi bar, a couple of types of fish including salmon, vegetables, rice and of course the skin. I can proudly say, I enjoyed it. Sushi and I are now friends.
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After this, we tried a vegetarian starter; tofu and water chestnut in what seamed to be a slightly tomatoey creamy base, it was close to an Indian curry flavor but the water chestnut of course, made all the difference. Within moments, we had gobbled it up and two large helpings of Eel arrived at our table. It had some basic spices and also some eggplant; it was cooked in a semi gravy.
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The flavor of the eggplant, went surprisingly well with the Eel, which I had not anticipated. Along with the Eel, we tried something called Parch man fish, which was close to a grilled fish served with some spices and lemon. This was my favourite.
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The chef was concerned we had had a seafood overdose, so he told us he would bring us a ‘comfort dish’. While I waited for this dish, that I was very intrigued by, I ordered myself a ‘summer hoedown’ which was a beer cocktail with a punch flavour and mint leaves. I enjoyed it thoroughly. Unlike other places, the alcohol content in the cocktail was more than sufficient! I was quite pleased!
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A couple of minutes later, our comfort food arrived, A semi friend chicken curry dish with steamed rice. This felt like home! The flavours were absolutely perfect and I was more than glad to get a break from all the different types of fish.
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To add to this, we also sampled two different types of cold ramen, one being Udon and the other Soba. This was probably my least favourite dish from the selection but others seemed to enjoy it!
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I didn’t stay for dessert, but I hear it was good! I’d give my Guppy experience a 4 on 5. They will definitely be seeing a lot of me!
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Lodhi Colony, New Delhi, Delhi, India
Uh, Oh... First frost expected this evening. Around here that usually indicates areas mostly in northern Minnesota to have frost on the ground by morning. The leaves will start changing faster as a result. For some it means to get ready for fall hunting, and the woods to be relatively bug and mosquito free. Bye, Asian Tiger Mosquitoes, you had your fill for the season.
Was waiting to upload this photos from another season. Kinda cool really. Cold over night, the pond level receding, and the ice still hanging to the small tree. I just happened to be walking through Jay Cooke Park and spotted it, and took a photo.
Just for fun, I combined my Lensbaby Composer for Nikon with the Olympus tele-converter MC-14. I guess the FF equivalent of about 140mm. With the 2.8 disc the actual aperture is probably about f/4.5.
And a third 365 posted way out of order for the "2015 Weekly Alphabet Challenge" group. The K theme is for Kitchen.
I noticed this on a frozen food label whilst getting ready to "nuke" it for dinner. Well, I would not expect a SWEET brown gravy with mushrooms ... would you?
Also my reaction reminded me of my late father, who would have been 90 years old today.
/365: 9 March 2015