tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-89426922717088982582024-03-15T02:40:10.989-04:00A.J.BarnesStaple and Fancy GroceriesA.J.Barneshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04649060799779978067noreply@blogger.comBlogger211125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8942692271708898258.post-60925798868266926632013-05-06T03:21:00.000-04:002013-05-06T03:21:00.412-04:00Moving On!<div style="text-align: center;">
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We're moving...</div>
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<em>(by now you probably realized I don't talk about things until the possibility is reality and the situation pretty much determined)</em></div>
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Which means new city, new state, new job...</div>
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Now you know why I haven't been talking about the furniture line. Just when I decide I was completely prepared to move forward and show the line another opportunity came out of nowhere. I guess that's how these things sometimes happen - just when you least expect it! But, this one was just to good to pass up - even if it means moving from the house and property I love. Sometimes its just time to move on. </div>
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What I haven't previously mentioned is that we decided a year or so ago that we were ready to sell the house and return to city life. 20 years, one minor and one major renovation, a dozen farm cats, and more tomato plants than you can image has been great but its was time to check back in to civilization. This was a decision which did not come lightly and took awhile to evolve. Even then we thought it would be another five years or so before we actually put the house on the market and moved. After all the part we hadn't decided was where we would move! But, then fate entered the picture and made the decision for us. </div>
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So now we go from one extreme to the other!</div>
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My first thought was to simply close down the blog at this point. After all the blog name is based one of the original owners of the house - not me. And, its focus has been on southern style and all things plantation. Also, I didn't want my blog to be one of those which just lies there in the internet waste land, never updated, never read. </div>
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But, even with the life change about to happen I've decided that maybe I still have something to say. So, before I close it down let's just see what happens next. Who knows, maybe its just time to take a moment, regroup and retool and come back even better! But, bare with me. I'm going to be busy so I want be around for awhile, but I will be back.</div>
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So for now I'm off to my high-rise adventure. The long suffering 'C' will continue to be here on the farm until it sells. Saint Joseph has been planted in the backyard and I'll be coming back and forth - the grass still needs to be cut!</div>
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Oh...let me know if you want to buy a plantation. I just happened to have one available!</div>
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A.J.Barneshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04649060799779978067noreply@blogger.com15tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8942692271708898258.post-90964008109019351322013-05-04T02:38:00.000-04:002013-05-04T02:38:29.747-04:00Furniture & What's Next?<div style="text-align: center;">
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I've received a few comments and even more emails from people who have been surprised by my last post about the furniture line. No one has missed anything. I decided not to mention the line until I had worked through the possibility of bringing it to reality. My hope has been to introduce the line to the residential market at Highpoint in October. But, as much work as you put into the designs, brand and concept it doesn't happened unless you find someone to actually make the stuff! And, securing a manufacturing partner - who you can trust - is the most difficult part. Even with that roadblock I was determined to push forward...</div>
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<span style="font-size: large;"><strong>Until something else happened which changed everything! Stay tuned...big news in my next post!</strong></span></div>
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Oh...here's another piece in the furniture line. </div>
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It comes in white or black...of course the black version is larger! (just checking to see if you are really paying attention).</div>
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I thought I'd share a few images of my furniture line. There are close to 60 different pieces at this point. The line focuses mostly on occasional pieces such as consoles, side tables, cocktails and étagères. It is primarily marketed to our retail clients as inspiration for our store design projects. I've toyed with the idea of slightly retooling the line and marketing it to the trade for residential clients. I'd developed a name, logo and brand concept and even have gone as far as trademarking certain concepts - but the way things are whirling around my head these days that idea will just have to wait. For now anyway.<br />
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<span style="font-family: Calibri;">The fabric is still in pretty good shape, but the down cushion has had it and the springs probably need to be re-tied.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>So, if I have it redone I’m thinking of changing the color and fabric from its current gold chenille to mohair. Maybe green or gray.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Calibri;">Of course I could change it to purple or orange and it would still always be known as ‘the gold sofa’.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Some things never change if no matter what you do to them.</span></div>
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Today's design thoughts revolve around neutrals and greens. Outdoor natural inspired tables. Color - let us not forget green is a color after all. Linen inspiration in the garden. Pebbled courtyards. </div>
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A.J.Barneshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04649060799779978067noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8942692271708898258.post-81919612028627927782013-03-15T15:28:00.000-04:002013-03-15T15:28:02.502-04:00Hanging Baskets<div class="separator" style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none; clear: both; text-align: justify;">
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Of course this has nothing to do with hanging baskets, but I like the hanging moss in the oaks at Jekyll Island!</div>
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And, I like the marsh!</div>
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A.J.Barneshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04649060799779978067noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8942692271708898258.post-38502021692478034732013-02-28T10:02:00.000-05:002013-02-28T10:02:00.596-05:00Garden Passage<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: justify;">
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I believe garden spaces need to be thought of as 'rooms' - no different than the rooms in a house. Of course the design of any good room must consider the entrance and doorways. There's no difference in the garden. Passage between garden spaces are as important as the space itself. Gates matter!<br />
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I've posted images of artwork groupings before. Hanging art is an art to a certain degree - whether formally and symmetrically placed or massed randomly. Here are some older images that have been hanging around in my Shelter magazine files which demonstrate both.<br />
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We've had a lot of rain lately...Don't get me wrong, I'm not complaining. But, the yard is soggy and we have a low area beyond the back drive which now resembles a poorly constructed pond! I've always wanted interesting and beautiful water sources in my landscape. Here are some nice ideas. All of which are far better than my current standing water temporary pond.<br />
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The middle of winter seems to me the perfect time of the year to think about warmer weather and lunching outside. </div>
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I thought I'd share some of my favorite photos I've collected as outdoor inspiration for my never ending quest to finish my courtyard (maybe this will be the year)!</div>
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Last month on a typical work trip to NYC I took the time to walk the Highline - for the first time I'm embarrassed to say! I've said it before but, as often as I'm in New York I don't take the time to enjoy the city and take advantage of everything it has to offer. However, this particular trip C was with me so I made a better effort to combine some pleasure with business. </div>
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For any of you who may not be familiar with the Highline it is the latest park to open in New York and one of the large green space expansion in a major city in decades. The park use to be a raised rail line which ran the long the Hudson River on Manhattan's west side. Abandon for years, a group of visionary aesthetic citizens managed to save the rail line from demolition and now it has been converted to a wonderful and unique raised park and green space. </div>
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There are several entrances. We entered near 30th street.</div>
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I love how the new concrete slabs merge into the old existing railroad.</div>
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Interesting art along the walk - not to mention being able to stroll amongst high rise apartment buildings.</div>
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I found it beautiful in the dead of winter. I will walk the Highline again in the Spring.</div>
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This was one of my favorite installations - an enormous mural on the side of a non-descript building. The mural was made of recycled tin and mirror.</div>
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And the Highline is not void of wild life either.</div>
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And every park should have a cellist in a tuxedo.</div>
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I was most excited about the Standard hotel at the south end of the park near the Meat Packing District. The park passes under the hotel.</div>
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And park strollers have been known to catch intimate views of hotel guests - some actually performing against the glass windows in their rooms! All I saw was a maid changing a bed. But, the mere idea of misbehaving will encourage me to return to the Highline soon.</div>
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I need a folly! Perhaps its due to too much Downton Abbey, season two of Upstairs/Downstairs or PBS's Manor House series, but whatever the cause I'm craving a simple folly or two to carefully position out back!</div>
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I'm proud of myself for removing all things holiday from my house last weekend. I 'de-decorated' prior to the new year, which is always better than waiting until March! The only problem now is where to place a few new Xmas presents - several pieces of art, a black iron star burst mirror and a couple of accessories. I'm seeking inspiration from some of these images.<br />
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A.J.Barneshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04649060799779978067noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8942692271708898258.post-73793202023592289432012-12-21T13:11:00.003-05:002013-01-05T13:21:07.192-05:00Christmas Stick<div class="separator" style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none; clear: both; text-align: center;">
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The tree is nice this year...traditional...</div>
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but here's my favorite tree...I cut a ten foot stick tree from the woods...then tacked it to this beam.</div>
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the beam sits in the foyer...Its a four foot section of a floor support that was removed from the house during the renovation...the contruction folks tossed it on the trash pile...I snatched it to safety, cleaned it up, added</div>
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a Xmas tree treatment not for everyone...but it works for me!</div>
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A.J.Barneshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04649060799779978067noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8942692271708898258.post-31069890639090355422012-12-17T16:09:00.000-05:002012-12-17T16:09:00.127-05:00Stop Stairing At Me<div style="text-align: justify;">
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<span style="color: black; font-family: Verdana;"><span style="color: #444444;">OK, so it wasn’t quite that bad, but we did move often. It was always the same town - just different sub-divisions. My parents were masters at trading up!</span> </span><span style="color: black;"><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana;"><span style="color: #444444;">Almost every house had shutters – which I thought odd since none of them worked. They were permanently screwed to the house. So from an early age I always wondered ‘why bother’?</span> </span><br />
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<span style="color: black; font-family: Verdana;"><span style="color: #444444;">Now I have working shutters. They’re original – 1830. We had to replace some of the hardware. The shutters had been screwed to the house - of course. But, the hinges were still attached and working.</span></span></div>
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<span style="color: #444444; font-family: Verdana;">This house is perfectly positioned to make the most of the sunlight. The sun hits the back of the house warming the kitchen and hangout area in the morning and warming the living room and dining rooms in the afternoon. In fact the sun is positioned directly in the center hall entrance. I keep the shutters closed during the summer months.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The afternoon sun is like an oven.</span></div>
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<span style="color: black; font-family: Verdana;"><span style="color: #444444;">Last weekend it was time to open up the shutters.</span> </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana;"><span style="color: #444444;">Last year I think I tossed a wreath at the front door and called it done.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Even inspired I still lack patience, so for me decorating has to be quick.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Killing two birds with one stone, I cut down a couple of cedar trees growing too close to the guest house.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Instead of tossing them on the compost pile I stuffed them in the empty concrete pots on either side of the front door, filled the base with boxwood, fluffed the wreaths with cedar, red ribbon and painted gourds from the garden.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></span></span></div>
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<span style="color: black; font-family: Verdana;"> <span style="color: #274e13;">I might not win the Garden Club prize but at least I’m no Scrooge this year!</span></span><span style="color: black;"><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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A.J.Barneshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04649060799779978067noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8942692271708898258.post-56444057344190842172012-12-10T15:45:00.000-05:002012-12-10T15:45:00.914-05:00Art in the Fields<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh_b5JZhlyYavqfjQBnEcTUw3NMduJASTTQSEcR6y80q44SKJNdjMp4sa48jpdlgFXFA9SrMUgQuXDR-GQyXMwv4u6Zp7dtAUnUFfRhfNd1Xcn0BmnJFk7os0zcVxKPJ30fkVWFb1mU7uk/s1600/Andrew+Lawson.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img border="0" height="196" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh_b5JZhlyYavqfjQBnEcTUw3NMduJASTTQSEcR6y80q44SKJNdjMp4sa48jpdlgFXFA9SrMUgQuXDR-GQyXMwv4u6Zp7dtAUnUFfRhfNd1Xcn0BmnJFk7os0zcVxKPJ30fkVWFb1mU7uk/s320/Andrew+Lawson.jpg" width="320" /></a>I have acres of fields and pastures around our house. I've decided I need sculptures. Any of these would do nicely!<br />
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A.J.Barneshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04649060799779978067noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8942692271708898258.post-62265051249710051552012-12-06T15:36:00.000-05:002012-12-06T15:36:00.687-05:00Remembering Garden 2012<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: justify;">
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<br />A.J.Barneshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04649060799779978067noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8942692271708898258.post-76760291400369551592012-12-03T15:00:00.000-05:002012-12-03T15:00:06.046-05:00Paper White Cocktails<div class="Normal1" style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none; margin: 0in 0in 0pt;">
<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjrnPM4Zt48bvCrjWwGvcHfguCyJY61DADMhnyez7OAbe-FnnU7UycZSW68t-RKMHvVmOi_cI5bKtS_FKnQ7sN6d-_0vKFTFC8gm1cEhaFaoVd8Bs_LPn2gXHsfwhBq5xjrPWRBoONgYhg/s1600/CIMG8018.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: right; cssfloat: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img border="0" height="238" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjrnPM4Zt48bvCrjWwGvcHfguCyJY61DADMhnyez7OAbe-FnnU7UycZSW68t-RKMHvVmOi_cI5bKtS_FKnQ7sN6d-_0vKFTFC8gm1cEhaFaoVd8Bs_LPn2gXHsfwhBq5xjrPWRBoONgYhg/s320/CIMG8018.jpg" tea="true" width="320" /></a><span style="color: black; font-family: Verdana;">Last year I had paper white problems. For some reason I decided to ignore conventional wisdom and wait until early December to plant the bulbs. I was convinced they would be bloomed out by Christmas. </span></div>
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<span style="color: black; font-family: Verdana;">I was wrong.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: black; font-family: Verdana;">My paper whites came into full bloom starting a few days after New Years and lasted until mid January. So, anyone visiting my house in the month of December was greeted with green stalks.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>All of our January guests – of which there were none – would have gotten a lovely paper white experience.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>In fact I think I was even out of town the week they were at their peek. </span></div>
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<span style="color: black; font-family: Verdana;">So, this year I planted them on Thanksgiving weekend.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>So far so good. It appears they will be just right in time by Xmas week. As long as they don’t get to leggy and fall over.</span><span style="color: black;"><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: black; font-family: Verdana;">Last year I </span><span style="color: black; font-family: Verdana;">remember </span><span style="color: black; font-family: Verdana;">seeing </span><span style="color: black; font-family: Verdana;">‘An Urban Cottage’ </span><br />
<span style="color: black; font-family: Verdana;">(<a href="http://www.anurbancottage.blogspot.com/">www.anurbancottage.blogspot.com</a>) mention how to controll the legginess. Steve posted an article in January which illustrated how to use bit of gin (or vodka or tequila – although I’d never waste good tequila on a dish of paper whites) to stunt the growth of the stems while not effecting the blooms. When the stems are up about 3" water them with 1 shot of alcohol to a 1 cup of water. Then repeat the next time you water. Seems like one side effect was the faint smell of alcohol mixed with the paper white scent. I look forward to that! My paper whites got there first shot of Tanqueray this past Sunday.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I guess you could consider it a sort of a Sunday brunch. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<br />A.J.Barneshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04649060799779978067noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8942692271708898258.post-36600637966829781612012-11-29T15:20:00.000-05:002012-11-29T15:20:00.351-05:00Chalk Board Thoughts<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: justify;">
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The box has been sitting on a shelf in my office since. Not long ago I pulled it back out and thought how much I liked the look of the old statements. Actually I find them quite interesting and have been wondering what I can do with them. Most of them are from early in the 1900's to the mid 1930's. If nothing else, I find the paper alone to be really pretty, albeit a bit fragile. </div>
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I have month after month of bank statements from several different banks spanning several decades.</div>
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I guess I have about 200 canceled checks. </div>
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I love this one. The bank and the town have been crossed out and written over with another town and different bank. I'm going to try that with some old Citibank checks and see how Wells Fargo likes it!</div>
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There's also a full booklet of what I'm assuming are promissory notes - about 100 in all.</div>
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This is actually from a REI store in New York. These are stone lithographs tablets dating back to the 1900's which were unearthed during the store's construction. One thought I had was to mount my checks and statements on some type of thick board and mount unframed, but the paper is so fragile I think it needs to be under glass.</div>
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This is sort of interesting. They're illustrations randomly attached to the wall with decorative tacks. But, again not under glass.</div>
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Since my pieces consists of generally 3-4 different sizes, I thought about framing them all in the same type frame and filling a wall floor to ceiling.</div>
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I’ve never seen Obama in person and being a supporter and a political animal, normally I would have hung around.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>But, considering we had no other real reason to spend time in the area of <st1:street><st1:address><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 10pt;">28<sup>th</sup> street</span></st1:address></st1:street><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 10pt;"> & Broadway we decided to continue on our way.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Also, we had a paying client waiting.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">Note to tourist, if you’re in town and need to find a place that sells 100% human hair visit Broadway and 28<sup>th</sup></i>.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>We told the Ethiopian man to wave for us and if he had a chance to say hello, tell O we said hi, and then we headed to the subway. A minute later as we made our way down the subway steps the Ethiopian man walked up behind us and asked what TV show we were on. Which we still don’t understand why.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Only in </span><st1:state><st1:place><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 10pt;">New York</span></st1:place></st1:state><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 10pt;">.</span></div>
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After about 30 minutes sure enough O passed by. Now I've always thought Obama, Michele and I would be close friends given the opportunity.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I would be invited to White House dinner parties where after a couple of drinks I would ask if there really were aliens at <st1:city><st1:place><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 10pt;">Roswell</span></st1:place></st1:city><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 10pt;"> or we’d talk about what a dick Mitch McConnell really is! So, I’ve always believed if O and I ran into each other we’ve both make an effort to chat each other up.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></span><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 10pt;"></span></div>
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But, this was my first full on motorcade.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The only thing I’ve seen that even comes close is when Martha Stewart’s caravan hits the NYC streets or once when traffic was blocked forever near my apartment when Moammar Gadhafi showed up at the UN.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The president’s motorcade is far better!<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I may not have got my shout out, but it was still worth the wait.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></div>
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A.J.Barneshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04649060799779978067noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8942692271708898258.post-88353953370558644972012-08-06T13:22:00.000-04:002012-08-06T13:22:08.306-04:00My favorite thing this weekI admit I'm a foodie.<br />
But, I don't go over board and try and keep it simple.<br />
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As you can see, there's a fresh tomato sauce in my future!<br />
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I haven't done a post about this year's vegetable and perennial garden. Well, actually I haven't done a post about much over the last couple of months because I've been too damn busy! But, regardless of my lack of communication, the garden has had a pretty good year so far. Starting with a bumper crop of asparagus in March and now with a variety of peppers, beans and especially tomatoes we've had fresh organic vegetables all spring and summer.</div>
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C started tomatoes from seeds this year. Which was something we thought would be beyond anything we were capable of managing. We assumed tomato seedlings would need tender love and care, much attention and nutrition - sort of like a child. Which means we would not be capable of growing tomatoes from seed! But, surprisingly the seeds came up and survived in spite of their neglectful parents. Actually, C was a pretty good tomato parent and as a result of his paternal plant instinct we now have boat loads of tomatoes. <br />
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