It is exactly what I want to do with our front porch surface. I am tired of peeling, scraping and painting concrete. The process looks easy enough too seeing as I already have a perfectly flat concrete surface to work with.
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02/12/2011 17:42 #53596
terracotta patio surfaceCategory: architecture
(e:Mike) and I were walking around downtown and I saw this building with a terracotta patio
It is exactly what I want to do with our front porch surface. I am tired of peeling, scraping and painting concrete. The process looks easy enough too seeing as I already have a perfectly flat concrete surface to work with.
It is exactly what I want to do with our front porch surface. I am tired of peeling, scraping and painting concrete. The process looks easy enough too seeing as I already have a perfectly flat concrete surface to work with.
02/12/2011 17:38 #53595
Dolci on GrantCategory: food
(e:Mike) and I stopped at Dolci's new location on Grant street to get some cakes for my mom's birthday tonight. There is no dessert I love more than their fancy little mini cakes. This one is apricot vanilla with almond. It looks so freaking delicious.
They are rather expensive though. That mini cake and a small chocolate flourless one ran about $30 bucks.
The locaton has a covered patio to the left of the entrance. I wonder if they will be using it in the summer?
They are rather expensive though. That mini cake and a small chocolate flourless one ran about $30 bucks.
The locaton has a covered patio to the left of the entrance. I wonder if they will be using it in the summer?
jason - 02/13/11 18:11
I miss Dolci on Elmwood. I'd wave to the pizza maker every morning when walking to my car. He'd have his cigarette and black coffee. I'd come home and wave to another employee tending to people. There stuff was great and they treated their customers wonderfully. I would get a free day old loaf now and again. Little interactions like that are what make me love Elmwood and their absence from my block is a serious loss. Their almond cookies go so well with coffee.
I miss Dolci on Elmwood. I'd wave to the pizza maker every morning when walking to my car. He'd have his cigarette and black coffee. I'd come home and wave to another employee tending to people. There stuff was great and they treated their customers wonderfully. I would get a free day old loaf now and again. Little interactions like that are what make me love Elmwood and their absence from my block is a serious loss. Their almond cookies go so well with coffee.
metalpeter - 02/13/11 15:25
I've never gone there but I assume the quality is the reason for the price.. There are some people like the writer of this blog who went their instead of Elmwood now... What that could do is spawn people who go there to also to other places on grant... Not everyone who lives over that way is poor some people are well off or at least make a decent dollar I think them moving there is good for grant st.. And could be good for "The Strip" if it teaches people that rents need to come down some....... How long ago did sweet tooth move (I will go on record as thinking it was a bad idea) and no one has moved in...............
I've never gone there but I assume the quality is the reason for the price.. There are some people like the writer of this blog who went their instead of Elmwood now... What that could do is spawn people who go there to also to other places on grant... Not everyone who lives over that way is poor some people are well off or at least make a decent dollar I think them moving there is good for grant st.. And could be good for "The Strip" if it teaches people that rents need to come down some....... How long ago did sweet tooth move (I will go on record as thinking it was a bad idea) and no one has moved in...............
tinypliny - 02/13/11 10:30
Yes, precisely. The people around that store can't afford it. That's not the case with Guercio's. Their prices are affordable to everyone in the community around the store. I am not sure that exorbitant prices are the way to revitalize the neighbourhood. It looks more like a way to divorce yourself from the community.
Yes, precisely. The people around that store can't afford it. That's not the case with Guercio's. Their prices are affordable to everyone in the community around the store. I am not sure that exorbitant prices are the way to revitalize the neighbourhood. It looks more like a way to divorce yourself from the community.
metalpeter - 02/13/11 09:35
Grant does have some nice spots and some nice places and is going to try and be the new Elmwood... If you think about the College is right there and you have a bunch of good people living close by so it is possible. That being said Grant has all ways had plenty of poor people (when I was a kid living there sure we where that poor) and then there are the sketchy people around there as well. If you have ever seen a place with those black and Gold signs it used to be those looked really nice and every store had them for some Time Grant st. Was really strong before the Italians where driven away but a lot of them come back for Guericios (how ever you spell it) and where Sweetness 7 is now used to be Russ's (not sure on the spelling) and that church right there.. Maybe that crowd can be expanded some.. The 464 and Blink Gallery help bring people towards the other end of grant.... I could see grant getting much stronger but don't think it will get to the level of elmwood I don't think there is enough money and people for both to be strong but maybe the Grant St. Threat will lower rents a bit on Elmwood and that area can get some new fresh places....
Now that Dolci Moved what is in its place?
Grant does have some nice spots and some nice places and is going to try and be the new Elmwood... If you think about the College is right there and you have a bunch of good people living close by so it is possible. That being said Grant has all ways had plenty of poor people (when I was a kid living there sure we where that poor) and then there are the sketchy people around there as well. If you have ever seen a place with those black and Gold signs it used to be those looked really nice and every store had them for some Time Grant st. Was really strong before the Italians where driven away but a lot of them come back for Guericios (how ever you spell it) and where Sweetness 7 is now used to be Russ's (not sure on the spelling) and that church right there.. Maybe that crowd can be expanded some.. The 464 and Blink Gallery help bring people towards the other end of grant.... I could see grant getting much stronger but don't think it will get to the level of elmwood I don't think there is enough money and people for both to be strong but maybe the Grant St. Threat will lower rents a bit on Elmwood and that area can get some new fresh places....
Now that Dolci Moved what is in its place?
uncutsaniflush - 02/12/11 22:11
(e:tinypliny) - I don't think that Dolci would have dropped their prices after 20 years just because they moved from Elmwood to Grant.
Perhaps Grant is becoming the new Elmwood.
(e:tinypliny) - I don't think that Dolci would have dropped their prices after 20 years just because they moved from Elmwood to Grant.
Perhaps Grant is becoming the new Elmwood.
tinypliny - 02/12/11 19:28
That's incredibly expensive. Even Sweet Tooth is cheaper! And they are on Grant St!!
That's incredibly expensive. Even Sweet Tooth is cheaper! And they are on Grant St!!
02/12/2011 11:31 #53593
dropping poundsCategory: body
When I had stopped working out in August, I had gotten past 160lbs. When I weighed myself this morning I was 151. I refuse to go back into the 140s. I guessing I need to make the decision to work out again I will surely end up back at 145.
tinypliny - 02/12/11 18:48
I see where all the prisoners are kept now.
It reminds me of this: :::link:::
I see where all the prisoners are kept now.
It reminds me of this: :::link:::
mike - 02/12/11 18:31
or maybe a shoddy abortion clinic with that pile of rusty hangers.
or maybe a shoddy abortion clinic with that pile of rusty hangers.
libertad - 02/12/11 17:41
You look like you are about to kill someone with those gloves and all that duct tape,
You look like you are about to kill someone with those gloves and all that duct tape,
02/10/2011 23:53 #53586
Halibut CheeksCategory: food
02/10/2011 00:57 #53583
yum bowl of goodnessCategory: food
Random bowls of food are my favorite thing to eat. This one us is Swiss Chard, romaine lettuce, raddichio, artichoke hearts, asparagus, tuna, marcaroni and cheese, rice, garbanzo beans, shreded carrot, cherries and Colby Jack cheese topped with olive oil and herb salt.
I had a grapefruit for dessert.
I had a grapefruit for dessert.
tinypliny - 02/11/11 00:19
That's one very balanced meal!
That's one very balanced meal!
That's like cobblestoned streets. There is an area in NYC where everything is cobblestoned - it was so slippery to walk on.