The shop always has free samples on croutons as well as cheeses, not usually the expensive balsamic vinegar.
I just don’t get it. It usually tastes like bad wine that I would clean the drain with. I keep thinking of The Emperor’s New Cloths.
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The shop always has free samples on croutons as well as cheeses, not usually the expensive balsamic vinegar.
I just don’t get it. It usually tastes like bad wine that I would clean the drain with. I keep thinking of The Emperor’s New Cloths.
Scrapple sounds like what I call headcheese.
Hey hey we’re the Monkees.
An interesting story behind the Monkees. They wanted to create a TV show about four young lads, like the Beatles. There would be a song in every episode. A consultant on the show was Don Kirshner. You might remember the name from his Rock Concert show, similar to Midnight Special on another channel.
Don owned a record publishing company called Alton Music (Don Kirshner - Wikipedia) that operated out of the Brill Building in NY where so many famous writers worked. The idea was for Don to help cast the show and provide songs for the Monkees.
They had three of the Monkees cast, Davey Jones, Mike Nesmith, and Mickey Dolenz. For the third member, they wanted Stephen Stills. He was forming CS&N and declined. Stephen recommended a musician that he worked with, Peter Tork. He recently passed away.
At the highlight of the Monkees, Peter’s home in Laurel Canyon near Los Angeles was party central and the “in” place to hang out. Everything went on there. He thought, easy come, easy go. (I’m to conservative to throw money away like that. Better to save it for lean times which were bound to happen.)
Written by two of Don Kirshner’s writers, Gerry Goffin and Carole King.
An interesting story behind the Monkees. They wanted to create a TV show about four young lads, like the Beatles. There would be a song in every episode. A consultant on the show was Don Kirshner. You might remember the name from his Rock Concert show, similar to Midnight Special on another channel.
Don owned a record publishing company called Alton Music (Don Kirshner - Wikipedia) that operated out of the Brill Building in NY where so many famous writers worked. The idea was for Don to help cast the show and provide songs for the Monkees.
They had three of the Monkees cast, Davey Jones, Mike Nesmith, and Mickey Dolenz. For the third member, they wanted Stephen Stills. He was forming CS&N and declined. Stephen recommended a musician that he worked with, Peter Tork. He recently passed away.
At the highlight of the Monkees, Peter’s home in Laurel Canyon near Los Angeles was party central and the “in” place to hang out. Everything went on there. He thought, easy come, easy go. (I’m to conservative to throw money away like that. Better to save it for lean times which were bound to happen.)
Written by two of Don Kirshner’s writers, Gerry Goffin and Carole King.
There is a joke concerning a chocolate rabbit in there, but I'm going to leave it
alone.
One of the casinos here has a great candy shop, if you care for decadent chocolate treats. I wish they gave out samples.
I haven't had a Lindt chocolate ball in years (besides getting them from retail shops around here, my sister and brother-in-law would bring them in from Switzerland when they'd go visit his family in Zürich). But it mostly coincided with meeting my friend, Bill, 25 years ago, who's family owned this place until a about two years ago:
Mitchell's Fine Chocolates
But, I know the new owners so all is fine with the world!
In fact, I'm munching on some dark chocolate bits from the shop, as I write this.
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Scrapple is one of the things I miss the most about the east coast. Scrapple and grits are hard to find in California. There is a place here that makes both, but the scrapple just isn't anything like the scrapple I had in Philadelphia. Cheese steaks are hard to find, too. You can get a "philly" cheese steak at a few places, but it's not, really.
This is the only original lighting fixture that was in our house when we moved in to it.
That, and a few details, like the window casings, are what clued me into how the renovation should proceed as to its appropriate design/era look (Arts & Crafts/Craftsman).
Those photos were pre-renovation. Here is a post-reno showing the light, a 1917 Tungstolier A&C pendant light.
Here is a photo with the pocket doors closed.
The doors originally were swinging French doors in the cased opening between the living and dining rooms, but my SO's father removed them and stored them up against a wall in the unfinished basement in 1961. We retrieved them in the Spring of 2017 and sent them out for refinishing, along with four various other doors that had been painted white (!) as was ALL the woodwork in the house
, before we repurposed them as pocket doors, in a different cased opening, between the living room and inner foyer. To do so, the walls they slide into were doubled up in thickness by adding a second wall to the first one! The contractor's brother, and I built that, together. 
It really was fun to try and get everything all aligned correctly.
That, and a few details, like the window casings, are what clued me into how the renovation should proceed as to its appropriate design/era look (Arts & Crafts/Craftsman).
Those photos were pre-renovation. Here is a post-reno showing the light, a 1917 Tungstolier A&C pendant light.
Here is a photo with the pocket doors closed.
The doors originally were swinging French doors in the cased opening between the living and dining rooms, but my SO's father removed them and stored them up against a wall in the unfinished basement in 1961. We retrieved them in the Spring of 2017 and sent them out for refinishing, along with four various other doors that had been painted white (!) as was ALL the woodwork in the house
, before we repurposed them as pocket doors, in a different cased opening, between the living room and inner foyer. To do so, the walls they slide into were doubled up in thickness by adding a second wall to the first one! The contractor's brother, and I built that, together. It really was fun to try and get everything all aligned correctly.
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This is the only original lighting fixture that was in our house when we moved in to it.
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That, and a few details, like the window casings, are what clued me into how the renovation should proceed as to its appropriate design/era look (Arts & Crafts/Craftsman).
Those photos were pre-renovation. Here is a post-reno showing the light, a 1917 Tungstolier A&C pendant light.
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Here is a photo with the pocket doors closed.
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The doors originally were swinging French doors in the cased opening between the living and dining rooms, but my SO's father removed them and stored them up against a wall in the unfinished basement in 1961. We retrieved them in the Spring of 2017 and sent them out for refinishing, along with four various other doors that had been painted white (!) as was ALL the woodwork in the house
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It sure does look spectacular. The walls look sharp and flat. Good contractor. Nice to keep an old home in the family. Was your house an actual Sears Craftsman kit or designed in that era by another company?
I hate to see originally varnished woodwork painted. It happens all too often. The original light fixture reminds me of the type of lighting that my grandparents had in their old homes.
Do you have asbestos in your plaster?
Nice work!This is the only original lighting fixture that was in our house when we moved in to it.
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That, and a few details, like the window casings, are what clued me into how the renovation should proceed as to its appropriate design/era look (Arts & Crafts/Craftsman).
Those photos were pre-renovation. Here is a post-reno showing the light, a 1917 Tungstolier A&C pendant light.
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Here is a photo with the pocket doors closed.
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The doors originally were swinging French doors in the cased opening between the living and dining rooms, but my SO's father removed them and stored them up against a wall in the unfinished basement in 1961. We retrieved them in the Spring of 2017 and sent them out for refinishing, along with four various other doors that had been painted white (!) as was ALL the woodwork in the house
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This is the only original lighting fixture that was in our house when we moved in to it.
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That, and a few details, like the window casings, are what clued me into how the renovation should proceed as to its appropriate design/era look (Arts & Crafts/Craftsman).
Those photos were pre-renovation. Here is a post-reno showing the light, a 1917 Tungstolier A&C pendant light.
View attachment 3385160
Here is a photo with the pocket doors closed.
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The doors originally were swinging French doors in the cased opening between the living and dining rooms, but my SO's father removed them and stored them up against a wall in the unfinished basement in 1961. We retrieved them in the Spring of 2017 and sent them out for refinishing, along with four various other doors that had been painted white (!) as was ALL the woodwork in the house
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Needs more cowbell.
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Link Removed, Peter Tork didn't take Stephen Stills' first recommendation to audition for The Monkees seriously. Stills had to call him again a few days later!
Dang! And I was told I just about had the part in the bag! Thanks for nothing, Stephen.
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As I watch The Monkees through the eyes of an 11 or 12 year old, it seem to me obvious that people are still cashing in on That Beatles Craze. It's like a perfect storm of memes all bottled together with some snappy tunes. So who wouldn't watch that, what with these four guys with wacky personalities having wacky adventures that still has the parents wondering what's going on in this house
'Cause older sister already ironed her hair when that folk thing was poppin'
who doesn't want to be hip?
They looked at something that is happening without any idea what it is, and figure a way to sell it. Even I at that age understand that, but it's kinda fun for a few minutes and then go outside
For those four guys, now three
, hey good on you, always good to see you, it's fun and Good On You
'Cause older sister already ironed her hair when that folk thing was poppin'
who doesn't want to be hip?
They looked at something that is happening without any idea what it is, and figure a way to sell it. Even I at that age understand that, but it's kinda fun for a few minutes and then go outside
For those four guys, now three
, hey good on you, always good to see you, it's fun and Good On You
No asbestos, it was the old horsehair plaster, but most of it is gone now. Except for the second floor, we had to demo all the walls to do electrical, insulation, truing & leveling, and plumbing work, so it is mostly drywall, now.
The house is not a kit house (Sears, Aladdin, or otherwise). It was built by a contractor, the build permit being issued on April 25, 1917.
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This is the only original lighting fixture that was in our house when we moved in to it.
View attachment 3385157
View attachment 3385158
That, and a few details, like the window casings, are what clued me into how the renovation should proceed as to its appropriate design/era look (Arts & Crafts/Craftsman).
Those photos were pre-renovation. Here is a post-reno showing the light, a 1917 Tungstolier A&C pendant light.
View attachment 3385160
Here is a photo with the pocket doors closed.
View attachment 3385162
The doors originally were swinging French doors in the cased opening between the living and dining rooms, but my SO's father removed them and stored them up against a wall in the unfinished basement in 1961. We retrieved them in the Spring of 2017 and sent them out for refinishing, along with four various other doors that had been painted white (!) as was ALL the woodwork in the house
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Quite lovely; I swoon over Arts and Crafts. Sadly, the man I married has zero appreciation for any of this stuff so my dream home remains just that, a dream. Next lifetime, I guess! Nice work.
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Lots of fascinating antiques to see here at GOFs. It's like 60th grade science fair and band camp in one. Be certain to say hello to our friends at booth number 23 for a chance at a holiday in Aruba.
We might have room for you.
Given your love for all things A&C I won't show you these detail photos of some of the fireplace mantel and the dining room plate rail, nor any of the crown moulding.
Don't peek,now, you hear?
For those four guys, now three
Both the Beatles and the Monkees are down to two members left.
Young girls ironing their hair inspired by Michelle Phillips, California Dreamgirl
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