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Food on social media, you've probably seen the pizza van. Chef Jason Winters has long been known for sourdough pies that require 120 hours of fermentation. But it was only recently that he put an oven in a van and started driving par-baked dough around the city.
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So maybe you should start your quest for excellent L.A. Pizza by heading to one of the city's more touristy blocks. Seriously, go to the famous Venice sign at Pacific Avenue and Windward Avenue. You might not believe what you find.
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Has every style of pizza you love—and many you never even knew existed. EVANSVILLE, Ind. (WFIE) - An Evansville pizza joint hosted a fundraiser to help a local man in need. Located in Inman, SC, Inman House of Pizza is a restaurant that has been serving communities for years. Situated on Asheville Hwy, this Inman House of Pizza is a go-to spot for residents and visitors alike, offering a convenient and friendly dining experience. Usarestaurants.info is not a booking agent, and does not charge any service fees to users of our site.
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In Boyle Heights, chef Mario Christerna's Brooklyn Ave. Pizza Co. is inspired by his Chicano roots, so he's got a mole pie. Christerna also makes discada, a Mexican preparation of pork and beef, for his version of a meat lover's pizza. One thing about the excellent pizza in Los Angeles, like so much of the excellent food in Los Angeles, is that it shows up in unlikely places. It shows up in corners where you would never think to look, and it shows up in pockets that you look at all the time but dismiss. Los Angeles has every style of pizza you probably love, and also so many flavor combinations you probably never considered on pizza.
Great White is a café where beach-loving entrepreneurs and a Goop-adjacent crowd eat avocado toast and tuna conserva salads right by the Venice sign. It's also where talented Chilean chef Juan José Ferreiro has put together a wood-fired pizza menu with perfectly chewy thin-crust pies that fight back when you bite into them, but not too much. In Rancho Palos Verdes, you've got Burattino, where Korean-Angeleno proprietor Lee Kim has ultra-crunchy crusts and vibrant toppings that include both green and red chorizo from local sausage legend The Chori-Man.
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This van, known as Speak Cheezy, has been a breakout hit that now regularly visits the homes of Hollywood celebrities, pro athletes, adult-entertainment entrepreneurs, and food-industry insiders. But maybe an even more unlikely place to find terrific pizza is your own driveway. Pizza van from Jason Winters of Urban Pie. For a $250 minimum, Winters and his crew will show up at your home for a private party and make fantastic sourdough pizzas like the anchovy-forward Bon Chovie, which has the pleasantly intense flavors of puttanesca.
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Has every style of pizza you love—and many you never even knew existed. EVANSVILLE, Ind. (WFIE) - An Evansville pizza joint hosted a fundraiser to help a local man in need. Located in Inman, SC, Inman House of Pizza is a restaurant that has been serving communities for years. Situated on Asheville Hwy, this Inman House of Pizza is a go-to spot for residents and visitors alike, offering a convenient and friendly dining experience. Usarestaurants.info is not a booking agent, and does not charge any service fees to users of our site.
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In Boyle Heights, chef Mario Christerna's Brooklyn Ave. Pizza Co. is inspired by his Chicano roots, so he's got a mole pie. Christerna also makes discada, a Mexican preparation of pork and beef, for his version of a meat lover's pizza. One thing about the excellent pizza in Los Angeles, like so much of the excellent food in Los Angeles, is that it shows up in unlikely places. It shows up in corners where you would never think to look, and it shows up in pockets that you look at all the time but dismiss. Los Angeles has every style of pizza you probably love, and also so many flavor combinations you probably never considered on pizza.
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Food on social media, you've probably seen the pizza van. Chef Jason Winters has long been known for sourdough pies that require 120 hours of fermentation. But it was only recently that he put an oven in a van and started driving par-baked dough around the city.
This van, known as Speak Cheezy, has been a breakout hit that now regularly visits the homes of Hollywood celebrities, pro athletes, adult-entertainment entrepreneurs, and food-industry insiders. But maybe an even more unlikely place to find terrific pizza is your own driveway. Pizza van from Jason Winters of Urban Pie. For a $250 minimum, Winters and his crew will show up at your home for a private party and make fantastic sourdough pizzas like the anchovy-forward Bon Chovie, which has the pleasantly intense flavors of puttanesca.
Great White is a café where beach-loving entrepreneurs and a Goop-adjacent crowd eat avocado toast and tuna conserva salads right by the Venice sign. It's also where talented Chilean chef Juan José Ferreiro has put together a wood-fired pizza menu with perfectly chewy thin-crust pies that fight back when you bite into them, but not too much. In Rancho Palos Verdes, you've got Burattino, where Korean-Angeleno proprietor Lee Kim has ultra-crunchy crusts and vibrant toppings that include both green and red chorizo from local sausage legend The Chori-Man.
I’ve told the story of these buildings countless times on our old walking tours. These days, if you want the full scoop, you can reach out to book a custom private tour. When not galivanting around, he stayed at the original Capone family home with his mother, Theresa, and his wife, Mae. The family had relocated here in the 1920s from New York as Al’s particular career path led him to the Windy City.
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Al Capone’s mansion in Miami Beach has been demolished. Why wasn’t it saved?.
It was a perfect alibi, Chepesiuk writes, as Capone’s buddies in 1929 Chicago machine-gunned their rivals. Now, 86 years following the so-called Valentine’s Day Massacre, the party-filled Capone mansion is sparkling once more after a property investment firm has restored it. Chicago’s history is so fascinating, you could spend a lifetime uncovering its secrets…I’m willing to give it a try! In US History from the University of Nevada-Las Vegas and then pursued doctoral studies in Urban History at the University of Illinois at Chicago. I love to learn new aspects of Chicago’s rich history and then share my knowledge as a tour guide with Chicago Detours.
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My desire to learn new things fuels my passion for educating others, which I get to experience every day as a Chicago tour guide. Chicago Detours is boutique tour company that tells neighborhood and city stories through in-person tours, virtual tours, and custom content for private group events. Second, Capone’s clients, henchmen, and opponents were primarily working-class and of immigrant stock. Most of their haunts, which were the old working class Italian, German, Polish, and Irish Chicago neighborhoods, have disappeared. Gentrification, demolition, or assimilation transformed these areas over the past century.
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Instead, he sought to infiltrate every level of society, from the halls of government to the boardrooms of industry. Through a combination of bribery, coercion, and outright violence, Capone was able to corrupt the very fabric of American life, leaving a trail of destruction in his wake. "This gun was kind of his protection and I think it saved his life on a number of occasions and so he called it his sweetheart," said Diane Capone during an interview with CBS News ahead of that auction. She said that as far as she knew, her grandfather carried the pistol with him everywhere he went. After an attempt on his life in 1925 by rival mobsters, Torrio decided to leave the business and return to Italy, turning over the entire operation to Capone. Scarface again ignored his mentor’s advice to maintain a low profile and instead, moved his headquarters to a plush suite in the Metropole Hotel in downtown Chicago.
During the few years that the club was open as a private club, Capone visited to play rounds of putt putt at the tower’s indoor miniature golf course. I always find it funny, even charming, to imagine this infamous mobster puttering around, working on his short game among this magnificent architecture above the Mag Mile. A local landmark known for its glamorous facilities and ties to Presidential politics, the Blackstone Hotel was apparently also a haunt of Alphonse Capone’s.
According to Miami History, Capone rented a mansion on the exclusive 294-acre island of Indian Creek in 1927 for $2,500 per month. He attained notoriety during the Prohibition era as the co-founder and boss of the Chicago Outfit. “Although we understood and expected that the demolition would happen it is still heartbreaking to see this really important part of our history knocked down and bulldozed,” he said. Our virtual tours uplift meetings and inspire connections for conferences, corporate groups, and universities. As I mentioned at the top, Capone long ago achieved a mythic status here in Chicago.
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Even the little bars which became neighborhood institutions shutter all the time. These processes change a city, often dramatically, and wipe the slate clean every few generations. Considering that, it’s no surprise that we have so little of Al Capone’s Chicago physically present in the architecture of today. Yet, for all his power and influence, Capone was not content to rest on his laurels.
Located below the ‘L’ tracks near the Adams/Wabash station, this family-owned restaurant was the site of a Capone-run speakeasy during Prohibition. Indeed, according to the staff, a door in the dining room leads to paved-up underground tunnels.
According to Paul George, Florida Governor Doyle Carlton told every leader in every county to do what they could to prevent the gangster's move into Miami. The two-story stucco house is awash in white -- topped with white terra-cotta roof tiles (which were probably originally red), and accented with white awnings. Inside, the renovation of the first floor is mostly complete, while upstairs is still gutted. A large, covered loggia on both sides of the living room flank the house, meant for natural cooling and cross-ventilation in pre-air conditioning days. According to MB America CEO Marco Bruzzi, the property was previously acquired for around $8 million with over $1.4 million in renovations.
All articles are regularly reviewed and updated by the HISTORY.com team. Articles with the “HISTORY.com Editors” byline have been written or edited by the HISTORY.com editors, including Amanda Onion, Missy Sullivan, Matt Mullen and Christian Zapata. It went through several owners and fell into disrepair by the early years of this century before its restoration to prohibition-era opulence in 2015.
In 1926, when two of Capone’s sworn enemies were spotted in Cicero, Capone ordered his men to gun them down. Unbeknownst to Capone, William McSwiggin, known as the “Hanging Prosecutor,” who had tried to prosecute him for a previous murder, was with the two marked men and all three were killed. Fed up with Chicago’s gang-dominated lawlessness, the public clamored for justice. The police had no evidence for the murders, so instead they raided Capone’s businesses, where they gathered documentation that would later be used to bolster charges against him of income-tax evasion. In response, Capone called for a “Peace Conference” among the city’s criminals, and an agreement was reached to stop the violence.
Located below the ‘L’ tracks near the Adams/Wabash station, this family-owned restaurant was the site of a Capone-run speakeasy during Prohibition. Indeed, according to the staff, a door in the dining room leads to paved-up underground tunnels.
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Capone henchman “Machine Gun” Jack McGurn ran the joint during Prohibition. We have frequently designed custom tours that visit this famous juke joint. Every sufficiently old building east of the Alleghenies claims that Washington slept there.
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Al Capone's childhood home in Brooklyn hits market for $2.9M.
Even the little bars which became neighborhood institutions shutter all the time. These processes change a city, often dramatically, and wipe the slate clean every few generations. Considering that, it’s no surprise that we have so little of Al Capone’s Chicago physically present in the architecture of today. Yet, for all his power and influence, Capone was not content to rest on his laurels.
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He joined the Five Points Gang as a teenager and became a bouncer in organized crime premises such as brothels. A conflict with the North Side Gang was instrumental in Capone's rise and fall. Torrio went into retirement after North Side gunmen almost killed him, handing control to Capone.
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I’ve told the story of these buildings countless times on our old walking tours. These days, if you want the full scoop, you can reach out to book a custom private tour. When not galivanting around, he stayed at the original Capone family home with his mother, Theresa, and his wife, Mae. The family had relocated here in the 1920s from New York as Al’s particular career path led him to the Windy City.
In 1926, when two of Capone’s sworn enemies were spotted in Cicero, Capone ordered his men to gun them down. Unbeknownst to Capone, William McSwiggin, known as the “Hanging Prosecutor,” who had tried to prosecute him for a previous murder, was with the two marked men and all three were killed. Fed up with Chicago’s gang-dominated lawlessness, the public clamored for justice. The police had no evidence for the murders, so instead they raided Capone’s businesses, where they gathered documentation that would later be used to bolster charges against him of income-tax evasion. In response, Capone called for a “Peace Conference” among the city’s criminals, and an agreement was reached to stop the violence.
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All articles are regularly reviewed and updated by the HISTORY.com team. Articles with the “HISTORY.com Editors” byline have been written or edited by the HISTORY.com editors, including Amanda Onion, Missy Sullivan, Matt Mullen and Christian Zapata. It went through several owners and fell into disrepair by the early years of this century before its restoration to prohibition-era opulence in 2015.
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It was a perfect alibi, Chepesiuk writes, as Capone’s buddies in 1929 Chicago machine-gunned their rivals. Now, 86 years following the so-called Valentine’s Day Massacre, the party-filled Capone mansion is sparkling once more after a property investment firm has restored it. Chicago’s history is so fascinating, you could spend a lifetime uncovering its secrets…I’m willing to give it a try! In US History from the University of Nevada-Las Vegas and then pursued doctoral studies in Urban History at the University of Illinois at Chicago. I love to learn new aspects of Chicago’s rich history and then share my knowledge as a tour guide with Chicago Detours.
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After serving 7.5 years in prison for tax evasion, Capone left Alcatraz suffering from the late stages of syphilis. According to the FBI, he had become mentally incapable of returning to gangland politics and never went back to Chicago. But perhaps the most enduring aspect of Capone’s legacy is the lasting impact he had on American society as a whole. In his relentless pursuit of wealth and power, Capone was not content to operate in the shadows.
An expected bargain was overruled by Federal Judge James Wilkerson, who told Capone, "It is time for somebody to impress upon the defendant that it is utterly impossible to bargain with a Federal Court." Born in 1899 in Brooklyn, New York, to poor immigrant parents, Al Capone went on to become the most infamous gangster in American history. In 1920 during the height of Prohibition, Capone’s multi-million dollar Chicago operation in bootlegging, prostitution and gambling dominated the organized crime scene. Capone was responsible for many brutal acts of violence, mainly against other gangsters. The most famous of these was the St. Valentine’s Day Massacre in 1929, in which he ordered the assassination of seven rivals.
According to Paul George, Florida Governor Doyle Carlton told every leader in every county to do what they could to prevent the gangster’s move into Miami. To make matters worse, the Great Miami Hurricane ripped through the city later that year—starting what some say is the beginning of the Great Depression in Miami. As Greater Miami's economy was clawing to come back, Miami Beach was one of the first districts to rebuild itself given its mass tourist appeal. By the mid-1920s Miami Beach was known as the premiere beach resort destination in the United States, according to Paul George, which coincided with the massive real estate boom that transformed the area. The tremendous building boom in Greater Miami reached its peak in 1925 and dramatically collapsed in 1926. A little over a year before the 93-year old historic home would be purchased by European soccer agent Mino Riaola for $9 million in August of 2016, the estate underwent a major renovation spearheaded by Miami-based, Italian-run MB America.
Instead, he sought to infiltrate every level of society, from the halls of government to the boardrooms of industry. Through a combination of bribery, coercion, and outright violence, Capone was able to corrupt the very fabric of American life, leaving a trail of destruction in his wake. "This gun was kind of his protection and I think it saved his life on a number of occasions and so he called it his sweetheart," said Diane Capone during an interview with CBS News ahead of that auction. She said that as far as she knew, her grandfather carried the pistol with him everywhere he went. After an attempt on his life in 1925 by rival mobsters, Torrio decided to leave the business and return to Italy, turning over the entire operation to Capone. Scarface again ignored his mentor’s advice to maintain a low profile and instead, moved his headquarters to a plush suite in the Metropole Hotel in downtown Chicago.
According to Miami History, Capone rented a mansion on the exclusive 294-acre island of Indian Creek in 1927 for $2,500 per month. He attained notoriety during the Prohibition era as the co-founder and boss of the Chicago Outfit. “Although we understood and expected that the demolition would happen it is still heartbreaking to see this really important part of our history knocked down and bulldozed,” he said. Our virtual tours uplift meetings and inspire connections for conferences, corporate groups, and universities. As I mentioned at the top, Capone long ago achieved a mythic status here in Chicago.
Developers also dredged the bay to create man-made residential islands extending off the causeways. With only one gated entry and exit to each island and heavy police security, homes were considered to be very secure. During the early development of Miami Beach, causeways – roads built on landfill and bridges – spanned the distance over Biscayne Bay from Miami to Miami Beach. Local 10 News contacted several representatives of the property owner via phone, text and email but had not received a response as of Friday evening. The property was later sold to 93 Palm Residence LLC, managed by Coral Gables accountant Toni Alam, for $15.5 million in 2021. If The Green Mill is one of the most famous sites from Al Capone’s Chicago, then the Exchequer Restaurant & Pub may be one of the most under-sung.
According to Paul George, Florida Governor Doyle Carlton told every leader in every county to do what they could to prevent the gangster's move into Miami. The two-story stucco house is awash in white -- topped with white terra-cotta roof tiles (which were probably originally red), and accented with white awnings. Inside, the renovation of the first floor is mostly complete, while upstairs is still gutted. A large, covered loggia on both sides of the living room flank the house, meant for natural cooling and cross-ventilation in pre-air conditioning days. According to MB America CEO Marco Bruzzi, the property was previously acquired for around $8 million with over $1.4 million in renovations.
Some of these projects are so easy that even the kids can participate. Just think of all the joy they'll have decorating with their favorite sweet treats! For some more pointers, check out our top gingerbread house tips to create the holiday masterpiece of your dreams. To put your house together get a flat surface like a cake board, cutting board, or cookie sheet. Take the end of a gingerbread house (one of the pointed end pieces) and pipe a thick line of icing along the bottom. The thing I love about making gingerbread houses is that there is no right or wrong way to do it.
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For the base of the gingerbread house choose something flat and sturdy. You can use a cardboard cake board, a large platter or plate, a pretty cookie sheet, a cutting board, or a cake stand. After the gingerbread house is fully decorated, give it a dusting of snow! This makes it look like a snowy cottage and is the final touch in creating a beautiful gingerbread house.
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Create a Treat gives this gingerbread kit a skill level of 2 (low-medium easy), and we agree with that assessment. If you're a classic Hershey's lover, this gingerbread kit is for you. It's not the fanciest of the houses we built, but our gingerbread architect liked its clear instructions and simplicity. It also includes a sturdy base, which makes building convenient. The only Hershey’s specific parts are the rooftop Kisses and Hershey’s bars, though there are extra for snacking during the process.
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Also pipe royal icing along the middle to join the two parts of the roof. Allow the royal icing to completely set and harden before adding the roof (Image 41). Once all the walls are “cemented” on to the base, and to each other, pipe more royal icing on the inside to reinforce the joints (Image 40).
Add the cream of tartar as well and whisk until you have a foamy mixture. If there are any edges that are not straight, don’t worry! You can use royal icing to fill and straighten the edges, or you can use a micro planer to carefully shave off excess cookie on the sides (Image 28). The rolled out dough is easier to cut if it’s frozen, so you can choose to freeze it for about 30 minutes before cutting it. I use a guide that is about 5 – 6 mm thick for most of the dough.
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So gather your favorite sweet treats and get decorating — then grab a mug of hot cocoa, kick back and marvel at your gingerbread masterpiece. These charming houses are not only a lot of fun to make, but they’re also festive decorations for the holiday season. We love to make mini gingerbread houses that are perfect to give as gifts, to use as decorations on a hot chocolate platter or dessert board or as mug toppers. We'd suggest having some extra icing on hand, and maybe a pastry bag or two.
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House structure must completely set for at least 4-6 hours before decorating. People with dietary restrictions don't have to miss out on the gingerbread house fun. This particular kit from Erin McKenna bakery is vegan, gluten-free, Kosher, soy-free, and naturally sweetened. It comes with six hefty pieces of gingerbread for the house, already prepared and pre-cut with handy instructions for assembly. The icing is easy to prepare with a whisk and a little bit of water. The candies—including gumdrops, candy canes, sprinkles, and more—are also vegan.
Simply whip up some buttercream frosting and pipe it wherever you desire. While you can choose to decorate each section, before assembling your house, my preferred method is to first assemble the house and then decorate it. Depending on who you talk to, some people suggest decorating your panels before you assemble your house. Others say that you should decorate your house after it has been assembled.
Keep in mind that some kits do include little plastic or cardstock figures as decoration, and those should not be consumed. Here at The Spruce Eats, we've been testing gingerbread houses for more than three years and we now consider ourselves experts. Here are the best gingerbread kits in a variety of categories, according to our gingerbread architects—er—editors. While each gingerbread house kit is different, there are common pieces you’ll find in most options. Wilton makes some of our favorite gingerbread houses year after year, and there are always new themes and designs. This village—with four miniature gingerbread houses—is particularly fun because you can put it together solo or turn it into a group activity.
This adorable gingerbread house features an unexpected palette of mauve, sage green, and brown. It's the Christmas color combination you never knew you needed. I love these bright red candy rings that use low carb sugars.
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Gettin ready for the season with a gingerbread house.
Some require only basic assembly, and others require shaping and trimming of cookie pieces to get the exact fit. If this is going to be an activity for younger kids, you'll want to check out how much measuring and precision is involved. A newer candy, red and green sour tape is a great way to add texture to your gingerbread house. The sour tape is mainly used on the walls, but could also be used as grass.
In the example above, a gumpaste Augustus Gloop figurine is drowning in a chocolate river surrounded by vats of candy in gingerbread holders. Pretzels, although not a candy, may also be used to create vertical elements like ladders as seen in this closeup from Santa’s Workshop Gingerbread House. Fruit strips may be used like siding as seen on the red parts of this cookie house with candy lawn. Yes, you could buy one of those prebaked kits that have been sitting on the shelf for who knows how long.
It hardens up rock hard and is the glue that will hold the walls and roof of your house well while still being edible. It’s also what you’ll use to attach your candies to your house. You can watch me make this gingerbread house from start to finish, including rolling out the dough and decorating the house.
One thing you may want to keep in mind is the size of your house (your gingerbread house, not your actual house!) and how it will look in comparison. The other key ingredient that is beneficial to a structurally sound homemade gingerbread house is royal icing, which has a glue-like consistency. Once your gingerbread house is assembled you can start decorating with all kinds of candies and colored royal icing! I LOVE this gingerbread house by Freed's Bakery and will some day attempt something like this.
In this article, I’ll show you how to host one yourself—without going crazy or funneling too much sugar into your young ones. If you're feeling overwhelmed, break the process down into steps. Pipe a thick layer of icing on the bottom of the other end other house and place it against the wall you just sat down. Re-roll the scraps so you have enough dough for the entire house.
Snow frosting and confetti can add an elegant touch of winter to any gingerbread house. The Snow frosting design is usually applied to the roof and walls to the gingerbread house and can be anywhere from a very simple pattern to a very intricate design. The "right way" to make a homemade gingerbread house depends on YOUR FAMILY in this season of life. The second type of royal icing will be a little thinner, and will be used to decorate the finer details on your gingerbread house. For a cute gingerbread house alternative, try these adorable pop tart houses!
Each of these works well, no matter the design of your gingerbread house. The candy toppings for a gingerbread house are what helps to give each house its special charm. Not only do you want the candies to taste good, but you also want to try to engineer the best way to use each piece.
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It’s important that the butter and sugar are creamy at this stage, but the mix doesn’t have to be too fluffy. If your butter is not as soft, then place the butter in your mixer and mix it for about 5 minutes with a paddle attachment to make it soft and creamy (Image 3). If you don’t have a stand mixer, you can make this with a hand mixer as well.
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If it is edible, you are going to want to eat it fairly quickly. A way to make the process of creating a gingerbread house an easier process is to buy a kit and then simply assemble it. To get a thatched roof look on your gingerbread house, the best ways are to use Mini Wheats, or Chex Cereal. When you begin assembling your gingerbread house, it is important that you assemble it by piping icing into your seams. For example, think about what you want the roof to look like, what you want the windows to be, and how you want your door to come out. Also think about additional decorations you could add.
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Hotel Paso Del Norte prepares to unveil life-sized gingerbread house.
Wishing you and the people you love most in this world a healthy and joyful holiday season. The catch for us parents in the real world — Sometimes these 'little' Christmas baking projects don't end up being so Norman Rockwell. I've recently learned a life-changing trick that makes holiday baking less stressful and more joyful.
This can bring a nice rustic or classic feel to your house. Candy icicles can add the winter touch to any gingerbread house. Candy icicles are used to decorate the edge of the roof and around the doors.
I’ll often use them to shape things like bowls for wreaths. You can use Laffy Taffy and Airheads in a similar way. Similar to the Red Hots, Mike & Ike’s can be used as lights, or on roofs or along seams. Because of the colors, they are fun to use to make patterns as well. These colorful little discs make great roof tiles, or can be used to make designs on the walls.
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To speed things up, use a hair dryer on its cool setting and on high speed and use the cool air to dry out the royal icing. Do not use warm air as this will melt the royal icing. Once two pieces are stuck to the base, pipe icing along the border where they join, to cement the two pieces together (Image 39). Pipe more royal icing on the base to stick the front (or back) of the house, perpendicular to the wall (Image 38). Mix until you get a smooth, thick royal icing mixture (Image 34). The correct consistency should be spreadable but stiff, so that the royal icing will not “run” or spread, but still easily pipeable (Image 35).
It’s a holiday tradition for us to bake and decorate gingerbread houses, and we use this recipe yearly. The cost of a homemade gingerbread house depends largely on the types of the number of candy you use. Most gingerbread houses end up costing between $3-$8 each. I have a gingerbread house pattern that you can use to make your own gingerbread houses.
It's also the gingerbread kit we ranked highest in taste in our tests. We found most gingerbread kits offer just average taste, but this one really wowed us—in fact, it tasted homemade. These small, colorful candies can be used to add texture and detail to your gingerbread house. Kit Kat bars make great roof designs and could also be used to create a wooden log cabin designs.
For small candy items, like these tiny gold stars, add a dot of frosting on the back and use tweezers to add them to the house. Using a small round tip, make a fun design for the roof. Make a pattern that looks like roof tiles, or use the small tip to add candy to the roof.
For smaller parts of the house (chimney, doors, window shutters), I use dough guide that is thinner, about 3 mm. The rolled out dough should fit inside a half sheet baking sheet. Do not knead the dough – the way you would with bread dough. Instead, simply fold the dough over itself a few times. The dough might be fairly sticky, so use the remaining flour to flour the dough and your work surface (Image 12).
This allows your Pop Tart house to dry before candy decorations are added. If you are hosting a gingerbread house decorating party, you will want to be sure to have these candies on hand, as they work well to decorate your house. Step 4 - To add the roof, I piped some royal along the top edge of one side of the house then add the first part of the roof. Then I pipe royal to the second part of the house and along the top edge of the first piece of the roof and add the final piece of the roof. Let this baby dry overnight before you start adding candy so that it's rock solid.
They have a bit of a “log” effect, and can be used to cover the walls, roof or make a fence around the gingerbread house. They can also be used as window boxes, or frames for windows. They’ll come in the box and be with the other boxed candy.
Turn the dough out onto your work surface, and gently knead it a few times to make sure all the flour is incorporated in the dough. Add the next amount of flour, while there are still white streaks in the dough (Image 10). You don’t have to wait until one portion of flour is completely mixed in before adding the next. Next, add the sugar, and cream the butter and sugar together until the mixture is creamy (Images 4 and 5). Make sure to scrape the sides of the bowl so that the butter and sugar mix well.
Before you have a chance to choose from the variety of jiaozi, every table receives a complimentary dish of peanuts, celery and firm tofu tossed in chili oil. Along with choosing boiled, steamed or pan-fried dumplings, guests can opt for the noodle soups and rice bowls. For those looking for a little Luscious outside of Monrovia, Highland Park’s Mason’s Dumpling Shop offers a more limited menu, albeit the same dumplings, as its sibling restaurant in the deep SGV. The menu at this second location is pretty similar to the original Duluth restaurant—and not watered down for Midtown taste buds. While Xi’an is better known for their spicy cumin lamb noodle, don’t overlook the pork dumplings.
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Xi'an Gourmet House – Atlanta - a MICHELIN Guide Restaurant.
This Shanghainese institution with locations in Chinatown, Pasadena, Monterey Park, Alhambra and the City of Industry is known for its fantastic soup dumpling and array of casual dishes. Both their crab and pork-stuffed varieties are top-sellers. The skin is nicely supple but tough enough to hold the ball of meat and surrounding soup without easily tearing.
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This mom-and-pop restaurant in Alhambra specializes in all things braised, including standout versions of soy-braised pork rice that use a variety of cuts and supplemental pickled peppers. The menu spans Sichuan, Taiwanese and Cantonese classics including boiled pepper fish, beef noodle soup and fermented tofu, plus the requisite dumplings and fried rice. Dishes like sliced potato slivers and cucumbers get at the essence of the Chinese cold case, and you can also find a delicate rendition of Shanghainese yan du xian (salt pork, bamboo and tofu skin soup). Plus, Luyixian stays open fairly late and features a few large tables—meaning you can get soulfully made, affordably priced Chinese fare for a crowd until 11pm most nights of the week. The husband-and-wife team of Alan Lam and Grace Li built a cozy dumpling destination with goods that live up to the name.
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Having operated in the area for over 20 years, Kang Kang Food Court has drawn the likes of celebrity Momofuku chef David Chang through its doors for its piping hot, juicy deep-fried soup dumplings. However, the rest of its menu is full of quieter delights, like a mini shrimp wonton soup and Suzhou-style fresh pork mooncakes, that keep locals in the know coming back time and time again. Restaurants build upon familiar options such as mapo tofu and kung pao chicken, and feature harder-to-find items like mung bean jelly tossed in chili oil; wok-fried crab; and the “party in a pot” Leshan bobo chicken pot. Somewhat of a rarity among other Sichuan restaurants in town, Sichuan Impression also offers desserts, including a brown sugar rice cake, and pumpkin mochi wrapped around red bean paste.
Though its name might conjure up images of New England lobster rolls, this small Vietnamese-Chinese SGV strip mall spot sells the most incredible fresh stir-fried lobster with green onion and garlic in town, all on top of a bed of noodles. Those in search of a deal will also appreciate their affordable lunchtime specials menu. Institution’s original Chinatown location dates back to 1965, although you can now find 12 other sleeker outposts specializing in fast-casual meals and dessert scattered across the San Gabriel Valley.
My faves were the lamb cumin noodles and egg and tomato noodles. Dim sum, dumplings, hot pot—whatever you’re in the mood for, these standout Chinese restaurants are calling your name. After hitting up one of L.A.’s best Chinese restaurants, check out these sweet spots. With a new minimalist-chic look and roomy dining room, Urban Hai (from the owners of Hai Authentic Cuisine in Decatur and Urban Wu in Buckhead) takes over the BurgerFi space in Midtown with a lengthy menu of mostly Sichuan-style dishes.
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They come in a hefty order of a dozen or so, and you can either get them “dry” (boiled and served with a side of dipping sauce) or in a spicy/sour noodle soup, which will clear your sinuses in a second. The dining area is small, so most people come here for takeout orders (you can get validated one-hour parking in The Mark garage). Look for the validation code on the menu board, then look for us, stuffing our faces. Famous across the Southland for their shengjianbao (pan-fried Shanghainese soup dumplings), this casual, cash-only takeout spot with locations in Monterey Park and Alhambra sells a wide, affordable array of Chinese cuisine.
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They also have a great dish known as seaweed fish in English. The texture is similar to Japanese tempura, but flakier, and it’s served with a fresh slice of lemon on top. The restaurant is small and has limited seating, but the atmosphere is cozy. They do have 1hr free parking in a garage, you pay first then use a code. Service was good, there was only one guy working at the front and he was struggling because it was so busy. I feel like there should’ve been at least two people working.
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Along with cast-iron teapots full of steaming jasmine tea, Lunasia Chinese Cuisine serves their famous steamed and baked bites including giant pork shumai, plump har gow and fluffy BBQ pork buns. You’d be remiss not to try the dim sum house’s dessert offerings as well, like the almond milk tea, a show-stopping dish of hot, sweet almond milk covered by a flaky puff pastry top. You won’t find the traditional push carts, but it’s always an energetic scene filled with families, friends and dates. There are newer locations in Pasadena, Cerritos and Torrance with slightly smaller menus, if you’re just looking for a quick dim sum hit.
For a Cheesecake Factory-size menu of pan-Asian foods, West Midtown's Food Terminal is your stop. Sign up for our email to enjoy Los Angeles without spending a thing (as well as some options when you’re feeling flush). Happened upon this spot looking for dinner while wandering about with my family. We wish there was one in our area bc we would eat there frequently. Non-members can add the privileges at checkout through our 30 day free trial, cancellable at anytime.
You won't get a lot of fuss at this Midtown spot, an offshoot of the original in Duluth. You'll order at the counter and then pick up a paper plate, but what they may lack in niceties, they make up for with dialed-in cooking. Spotlighting the Xi'an region of China, the menu focuses on biang biang noodles and as well as boiled dumplings and dishes featuring plenty of cumin and other spices.
Noodles are the way to go, though it’s never a bad idea to supplement with the boldly flavorful cucumber salad, and there must be dumplings, of course. Here, they are available on their own or with soup. Choose from pork and lamb and then tuck in to a baker's dozen of simply boiled treats served with a house-made dipping sauce that brings them alive. This sprawling restaurant in Alhambra offers refined made-to-order dim sum all day, every day.
Having operated in the area for over 20 years, Kang Kang Food Court has drawn the likes of celebrity Momofuku chef David Chang through its doors for its piping hot, juicy deep-fried soup dumplings. However, the rest of its menu is full of quieter delights, like a mini shrimp wonton soup and Suzhou-style fresh pork mooncakes, that keep locals in the know coming back time and time again. Restaurants build upon familiar options such as mapo tofu and kung pao chicken, and feature harder-to-find items like mung bean jelly tossed in chili oil; wok-fried crab; and the “party in a pot” Leshan bobo chicken pot. Somewhat of a rarity among other Sichuan restaurants in town, Sichuan Impression also offers desserts, including a brown sugar rice cake, and pumpkin mochi wrapped around red bean paste.
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This mom-and-pop restaurant in Alhambra specializes in all things braised, including standout versions of soy-braised pork rice that use a variety of cuts and supplemental pickled peppers. The menu spans Sichuan, Taiwanese and Cantonese classics including boiled pepper fish, beef noodle soup and fermented tofu, plus the requisite dumplings and fried rice. Dishes like sliced potato slivers and cucumbers get at the essence of the Chinese cold case, and you can also find a delicate rendition of Shanghainese yan du xian (salt pork, bamboo and tofu skin soup). Plus, Luyixian stays open fairly late and features a few large tables—meaning you can get soulfully made, affordably priced Chinese fare for a crowd until 11pm most nights of the week. The husband-and-wife team of Alan Lam and Grace Li built a cozy dumpling destination with goods that live up to the name.
Before you have a chance to choose from the variety of jiaozi, every table receives a complimentary dish of peanuts, celery and firm tofu tossed in chili oil. Along with choosing boiled, steamed or pan-fried dumplings, guests can opt for the noodle soups and rice bowls. For those looking for a little Luscious outside of Monrovia, Highland Park’s Mason’s Dumpling Shop offers a more limited menu, albeit the same dumplings, as its sibling restaurant in the deep SGV. The menu at this second location is pretty similar to the original Duluth restaurant—and not watered down for Midtown taste buds. While Xi’an is better known for their spicy cumin lamb noodle, don’t overlook the pork dumplings.
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This Shanghainese institution with locations in Chinatown, Pasadena, Monterey Park, Alhambra and the City of Industry is known for its fantastic soup dumpling and array of casual dishes. Both their crab and pork-stuffed varieties are top-sellers. The skin is nicely supple but tough enough to hold the ball of meat and surrounding soup without easily tearing.
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Phoenix, with its sparsely decorated dining room, steaming hot jasmine tea and long menu full of dependably delicious plates of Hong Kong-style and Americanized Chinese cuisine. House special congee, Hainan chicken and a delectable steamed Chilean sea bass in a bath of soy sauce and sesame oil are just three dishes from its hundred item-long menu worth an order when you visit Phoenix Chinatown, where time itself almost seems to stop entirely. Mala—the unique numbing and spicy quality of Sichuan peppers—remains the ultimate name of the game at Mian, a more casual, streamlined restaurant concept from the Chengdu Taste team with locations in West Adams, Artesia, San Gabriel and Rowland Heights. Here, the restaurant’s easily decodable menu (for both spice and numbing level) ensures the heat-averse can rest easy each time they order a bowl of Chongqing-style noodles or pick from the varied selection of hot and cold Chinese appetizers. With locations in Pasadena, Santa Monica, Playa Vista, Sawtelle, Manhattan Beach and Woodhland Hills, Dan Modern Chinese provides fast-casual Chinese food with a level of consistency and convenience that’s conducive to rush hour takeout runs and third-party delivery. While not every item is a winner on the menu, a few standouts—including the pork xiaolongbao, the saucy, garlicky dan mien (served with your choice of protein) and the Dungeness crab fried rice keep us coming back to Dan time and time again.
Though its name might conjure up images of New England lobster rolls, this small Vietnamese-Chinese SGV strip mall spot sells the most incredible fresh stir-fried lobster with green onion and garlic in town, all on top of a bed of noodles. Those in search of a deal will also appreciate their affordable lunchtime specials menu. Institution’s original Chinatown location dates back to 1965, although you can now find 12 other sleeker outposts specializing in fast-casual meals and dessert scattered across the San Gabriel Valley.
Along with cast-iron teapots full of steaming jasmine tea, Lunasia Chinese Cuisine serves their famous steamed and baked bites including giant pork shumai, plump har gow and fluffy BBQ pork buns. You’d be remiss not to try the dim sum house’s dessert offerings as well, like the almond milk tea, a show-stopping dish of hot, sweet almond milk covered by a flaky puff pastry top. You won’t find the traditional push carts, but it’s always an energetic scene filled with families, friends and dates. There are newer locations in Pasadena, Cerritos and Torrance with slightly smaller menus, if you’re just looking for a quick dim sum hit.
Xi'an Gourmet House in Atlanta receives a 68% on their recent health inspection - The Georgia Gazette
Xi'an Gourmet House in Atlanta receives a 68% on their recent health inspection.
My faves were the lamb cumin noodles and egg and tomato noodles. Dim sum, dumplings, hot pot—whatever you’re in the mood for, these standout Chinese restaurants are calling your name. After hitting up one of L.A.’s best Chinese restaurants, check out these sweet spots. With a new minimalist-chic look and roomy dining room, Urban Hai (from the owners of Hai Authentic Cuisine in Decatur and Urban Wu in Buckhead) takes over the BurgerFi space in Midtown with a lengthy menu of mostly Sichuan-style dishes.
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You won't get a lot of fuss at this Midtown spot, an offshoot of the original in Duluth. You'll order at the counter and then pick up a paper plate, but what they may lack in niceties, they make up for with dialed-in cooking. Spotlighting the Xi'an region of China, the menu focuses on biang biang noodles and as well as boiled dumplings and dishes featuring plenty of cumin and other spices.
Noodles are the way to go, though it’s never a bad idea to supplement with the boldly flavorful cucumber salad, and there must be dumplings, of course. Here, they are available on their own or with soup. Choose from pork and lamb and then tuck in to a baker's dozen of simply boiled treats served with a house-made dipping sauce that brings them alive. This sprawling restaurant in Alhambra offers refined made-to-order dim sum all day, every day.
They come in a hefty order of a dozen or so, and you can either get them “dry” (boiled and served with a side of dipping sauce) or in a spicy/sour noodle soup, which will clear your sinuses in a second. The dining area is small, so most people come here for takeout orders (you can get validated one-hour parking in The Mark garage). Look for the validation code on the menu board, then look for us, stuffing our faces. Famous across the Southland for their shengjianbao (pan-fried Shanghainese soup dumplings), this casual, cash-only takeout spot with locations in Monterey Park and Alhambra sells a wide, affordable array of Chinese cuisine.
They also have a great dish known as seaweed fish in English. The texture is similar to Japanese tempura, but flakier, and it’s served with a fresh slice of lemon on top. The restaurant is small and has limited seating, but the atmosphere is cozy. They do have 1hr free parking in a garage, you pay first then use a code. Service was good, there was only one guy working at the front and he was struggling because it was so busy. I feel like there should’ve been at least two people working.
The first of four specials about the Mills, a family living in Nebraska during the '40s. The story of Addie Mills, a precocious tomboy; her stern, widowed father, James; and her compassionate grandmother. The story depicts Addie's attempts to convince her seemingly cold and unsentimental father that their house needs a Christmas tree for the holidays. In this 2-season series created by The Waltons creator Earl Hamner Jr, George Apple quits his high-powered California job to move his family (wife and four children) back to his hometown of Appleton, Iowa, where he plans to continue work as an architect. The family lives in the Apple family home, a grist mill, with George's father. Franny Michel played the third child and younger daughter, Patricia, who loved books and school just like Addie Mills; she also had an affinity for horses and gets her own, Bronco, in a midseason episode.
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Constance accepts both invitations, but appears ill at ease at dinner and keeps asking for wine. When she finally shows up at the style show, she appears to be drunk. A little disturbed, but undeterred, Addie talks Constance into giving the girls acting lessons; the first turns out fabulously but on the second visit it is very apparent Constance is intoxicated.
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He could have been portrayed as a soulless tyrant, but comes across as a deeply grieving man instead. Smart, spunky Addie Mills was introduced to television audiences in the Yuletide season of 1972 in the drama The House Without a Christmas Tree. Three subsequent movies followed (although the final "movie" is only an hour long).
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Lori Rutherford played Andy Griffith's daughter in The New Andy Griffith Show. Barnard Hughes has had an illustrious stage career, appeared in such movies as Midnight Cowboy and starred in the television series Doc. The beautifully detailed black and white pencil illustrations are by Charles C. Gehm. Gehm's drawings of the characters superficially resemble the actors enough for viewers to recall the television presentation, yet give them identities of their own so that they are Addie and not Lisa Lucas, James and not Jason Robards, etc. The illustration in the hall of the school after the fight is particularly good.
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She wears "sweet pea" perfume (Evening in Paris perfume in the books) and has naturally curly hair. The House Without a Christmas Tree was filmed in Uxbridge, Ontario, mainly at the corner of Peel Street and Victoria Drive, where the house and school still exist. They also shot near the downtown core at Church and Brock Street West. Addie finally wins her class Christmas tree in a supervised contest between Gloria Cott and herself by using a guessing technique learned from her father. When she brings the prize home, both she and her grandmother are delighted at the prospect of their first Christmas with a tree.
Architect Richard Neutra's private residence in Silver Lake seemed radical at the time, a glass house with rooftop and balcony gardens. The house is located at the crest of Laurel Canyon Boulevard and Mulholland Drive and is open for guided tours by reservation only. The house is owned by the MAK Center, which also runs the Schindler House and you'll find details about the tours at the MAK Center website. This International style residence predates the mid-century modern styles that followed it, but it feels like it could have been part of the case study movement of the late 1940s and 1950s.
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Addie's lively narration makes the book as enthralling as the television story, and adds many delightful details to the story. We learn more about Grandma's eccentricies, which are only touched on in the television story when Addie fights with Jimmy Walsh after he calls Grandma "a character." In the book Grandma wears wildly patched clothing and moccassins. She loves to copy Bible verses onto pieces of paper and leaves them around the house as reminders; she also cuts interesting clippings out of the newspaper and keeps them. We also see more of Carla Mae's home, a happy collection of loving parents, young children, and a "fat Scottie named Minnie," and can understand why Addie loves visiting there. The house is open for guided tours without appointment most Saturdays. If you love arts and crafts architecture, this is the house for you.
Oddly, he's more likely to admit he likes her and indeed gives her a heart locket in the school Christmas gift exchange, which embarrasses her a great deal. Given the timeline presented by The House Without a Christmas Tree novel, he is about 48 years old. James was always a proud, serious man, but in the past ten years since his wife Helen died, he has been withdrawn and overly strict with his only child.
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Ricky Ian Gordon's House Without a Christmas Tree Gets World Premiere November 30.
You do not see the front or side of the house as in House Without a Christmas Tree or Thanksgiving Treasure and Clear River looks very different, much larger than previously portrayed in House and very clearly a set. The splendors of the harvestFills the coffers of the land,And grateful hearts give thanksFrom all the bounty from God's hand.But let us hold this thoughtBefore November days depart,Not just for now,Thanksgiving is a season of the heart. Rolling farmland around Uxbridge, ON, once again "stood in" for Nebraska. It is shown off to great advantage in the bleak November landscape scenes where Addie and Cora Sue bicycle out of town and again on the scenes filmed at Rehnquist's farm. The era is clearly delineated by the radio play that the children rehearse, complete with sound effects.
Miss Thompson's first name is Sylvia in the book rather than Peggy. In the television story, Addie gives Tanya Smithers very babyish-looking gloves in bright colors; in the book, they are "icky brown old lady" gloves. In the television story, the girls accompanying Addie and Carla Mae to look for Miss Thompson's gift are June and Amy.
I notice several reviews of the story say that James resents Addie because her mother died when she was born. This is not true, also per James' statements in the story; he says that Addie used to smile all the time as a baby, but Helen just said it was gas and would burp her. Billy Wilde (spelled "Wilde" in the television credits but "Wild" in the books) is a schoolmate of Addie's who, she remarks in one story, had been around forever. They've always been in the same grade, played together when they were young, and have maintained a friendly rivalry as they grew older. He and Addie clearly like each other, although Addie professes to "despise" him and only likes his cowboy boots.
Uncle Will and his family are mentioned several times in the different stories, but this is the only time we actually see them. We never learn his last name; he may be Addie's mother's brother since James and Grandma are friendly with the family but don't appear to be particularly close and also because he and his wife volunteered to take in Addie after her mother died. Also, Cousin Henry asks Addie why she doesn't ask "your grandmother" to put up the food for her. So Will (or Nora) must be from Helen's side of the family since Grandma is not Henry's grandmother as well. The House Without a Christmas Tree was published by Alfred A. Knopf in a hardback edition and subsequently in a paperback Bantam Skylark edition.
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They so appropriately frame her face, however, that it is difficult to imagine Addie without those particular glasses. You don't receive a lot of information about her in the specials, but in the books we find out she is one of six children in a happy, messy home. Carla Mae is basically Diana Barry to Addie's Anne Shirley; she's a quiet, practical girl, much less flamboyant than Addie; her one dream is to "wear a long white dress and a veil and be married." When we meet her, Adelaide Mills is a bright, lively precocious ten year old, born in 1936. She wears glasses, loves school and is a straight A student like her late mother, who was valedictorian of her high school class and won a silver cup when she graduated.
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For a fascinating tour through his personal development as an architect, start there, then see his private home listed above, then tour Fitzpatrick-Leland to see the radical changes in his style over just a few-years period. Today it's open as a museum, located in Malibu Lagoon State Park and open to the public for guided tours. If you enjoy exploring the historic homes of famous, and not-so-famous people, there are a number of historic residences in Southern California that are open to the public as museums. Most of them are City, State and National Historic Landmarks There is some overlap with LA Local History Museums. Disconcertingly, instead of recasting the Billy character, the entirely new character of Danny Billings was created. It would be nice to dream about them being run through an editing unit like an AVID machine, which was used to make the AMC series Remember WENN look as if it were filmed on old Technicolor stock from the 1940s.
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The house is a private neighborhood, and there's no parking at the house. A Midwestern boy at heart, he was raised in St. Louis and studied journalism at the University of Missouri. Before joining The Times as an intern in 2017, he wrote for the Columbia Missourian and Politico Europe. The house spans 13,000 square feet and comes with custom accents such as a three-story water wall and hand-poured concrete sinks. There’s also a movie theater, gym, elevator, pet spa and six fire pits. But at her last open house for a property listed at $13 million, she received three offers and had a deal in hand less than a week later.
One of the distinctive touches to House Without a Christmas Tree and all the subsequent Addie Mills' stories was the fade to collage before a commercial break and a collage that dissolved into the opening scene after the break. These evocative collages were done by contemporary artist Norman Sunshine. With a few distinctive shapes and colors, Sunshine's collages captured the essence of the scenes; in House Without a Christmas Tree, for example, the somber mood where James drives away into the night in his truck is captured perfectly by the scraps of paper. Sunshine was later honored with an Emmy Award for his collage work in the Addie Mills specials. Miss Peggy Thompson is Addie's schoolteacher for both fifth and sixth grades. She's very attractive, strict but fair, and a good teacher, and the children adore her.
The Christmas show was so successful,[2] it resulted in three other specials with the same cast, all likewise based on books that Gail Rock had written. You can also take a regularly scheduled tour of the Schindler-designed Mackey Apartments which are nearby. This house is in an area of the Silver Lake neighborhood called The Colony, where you'll find a number of Neutra designs on and around Neutra Place.
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The St. Pat's Day Christmas Tree – Chicago Magazine.
Open house horror stories include such occurrences as surprise squatters and kids jumping on the bed with dirty shoes. John Giddins of Sotheby’s International Realty, who’s listing a $17.4-million home above the Sunset Strip, usually sets the cutoff for public open houses at around $10 million, but he decided to hold one at the home from 2 to 5 p.m. As of Thursday, there are eight properties with open houses this weekend listed at $10 million or more. Getting inside is as simple as driving up, putting on a mask and writing your name down on the sign-in sheet.
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Her original story and the subsequent Thanksgiving tale were adapted to the screen by Eleanor Perry, and Gail Rock and Alan Shayne did the remainder. The distinctive piano theme was composed by Arthur Rubenstein and the stories were directed by Paul Bogart (Joseph Hardy directed Addie and the King of Hearts) and produced by Alan Shayne. In fictional Clear River, Nebraska in 1946, 10-year-old Addie Mills is a lonely child who wears large horn-rimmed glasses, living in a plain, ordinary house with her widowed father James and her loving paternal grandmother. Schindler's private residence is open to the public several days a week, and no reservations are required.
It's in the South Adams area, which is full of more beautiful, classic mansions. This extravagant Romantic Revival construction incorporates a variety of architectural styles. You will receive it ~2 weeks after you complete your first month of service. Lisa Lucas played Sherry Marshall, a snooty sorority girl, in a 1982 episode of Family Ties, in which Sherry tells Mallory Keaton that she will rush her for the sorority if Mallory will get her a date with her brother Alex. Stir in oil, milk and vanilla and beat until batter is very smooth. Drizzle chocolate over the batter then cut through batter several times to give a marbled appearance.
Addie resembles Helen so much that sometimes it is hard for him to have her around and he seems occasionally baffled by her quicksilver personality. He operates a crane at the gravel pit for a living and insists Addie do well in school because he never finished high school. He and Helen married in 1926, when she was eighteen and he was about 28. The character of Addie Mills was based on the real-life experiences of Gail Rock, who grew up in a similar family environment in Valley, Nebraska, the real-life counterpart to the story setting of Clear River.
Kathryn Walker was most recently the narrator for the two PBS reality series, Frontier House and Colonial House. Many videotape catalogs and web sites list this story's title as being A House Without a Christmas Tree and some videotapes clearly have that title on them. However, The House Without A Christmas Tree is the definitive title of both the special and the novel.
There is also a Garden House on the property that was occupied by Dion Neutra and his family. Tours of the VDL House are conducted on Saturdays by architecture students from Cal Poly Pomona. In 1974, Franny Michel (Cora Sue) had a small role in the pilot film to the 1975 Ellery Queen television series, which took place in 1947, the same year as The Thanksgiving Treasure. She played Ellery's cousin Penny, whom Ellery is supposed to be taking care of for the day—they've gone to the zoo, and are supposed to go to the museum and shopping at Macy's, and during the brief scene, are shown at the skating rink at Rockefeller Center. Penny comes off as a rather worldly-wise version of Addie Mills; she reads voraciously and goes to a school for gifted children. The glasses she is wearing are a lot more "period" than Addie's, but the resemblance is uncanny.
Eleanor Perry won a Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Writing Achievement In Drama Adaptation, and Paul Bogart was nominated for a Directors Guild of America Award.
And each weekend, dozens of these houses open to the masses, letting potential buyers — or just people bored on a Sunday afternoon — experience the opulence that’s supposedly reserved for the ultra-rich. Diane Ladd is probably best known for her role of Flo in the film Alice Doesn't Live Here Any More. Actor Richard Hatch is most well-known for his starring role in the 1970s science-fiction series Battlestar Galactica and his involvement in the new "reboot" series by the same name. Interestingly enough, young actress Patti Cohoon, who has a small part as Addie's classmate Sally, played opposite Franny Michel (Cora Sue) for one year on the series Apple's Way; Patti was Cathy Apple, older sister to Franny's Patricia. This third Addie Mills story was filmed in Hollywood so that Jean Simmons, who was appearing in a play, could work in both the special and on stage at the same time. Unfortunately, the story thus relies heavily on backlot sets rather than the more authentic-looking Canadian locations of the first two tales.
Many stores have inventory that expands beyond these three categories. Check out your local ReStore to see what they have in store for you today. Yes, most Habitat ReStores offer pickup of furniture donations, as well as other large items like appliances and building materials. In addition to used items, many stores carry new surplus building materials donated by businesses in your community and around the country. Not your everyday building supply stores, Habitat for Humanity ReStores accept and sell a wide variety of new and used building materials.
Habitat ReStore locations
Since launching the Cars for Homes national vehicle donation program in 2005, Habitat for Humanity has accepted over 100,000 vehicles for reselling or recycling, raising more than $30 million in the last 5 years alone. The program has raised funds for Habitat Charlotte Region to partner with local families to build safe, stable, and affordable homes. We make it fast and easy to donate a vehicle, and you may qualify for a tax deduction. In many locations, Habitat for Humanity operates ReStores, which sell reusable and surplus building materials, furniture and appliances to the public. To donate materials, contact your local Habitat ReStore. Most ReStores will include a variety of new and used building materials, appliances and furniture.
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Find your local Habitat ReStore to make a donation today. Housing costs in Charlotte have outpaced wage growth, making it challenging for many working individuals and families to find affordable places to live. Beginning August 24, the University ReStore will reduce its days of operation to Tuesday through Saturday from 9am to 4pm. It will be closing in the November timeframe to allow time to wind down operations, and to place University ReStore staff into other roles within retail operations. A guiding principle of the Our Towns Habitat and Habitat Charlotte merger was to combine resources in order to gain efficiencies, reduce costs, and subsequently serve more families. After passing its 5-year anniversary earlier this year, the University ReStore location was never able to fully gain a foothold in the market, and drive revenue levels that delivered a positive net operating income.
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For its work the city collaborates with nonprofits, housing developers, and community partners using The Housing Charlotte Framework. The Framework’s goal is to expand access to opportunity through housing investments using funds from the City’s Housing Trust Fund. Families and individuals in need of decent, affordable housing apply for homeownership with their local Habitat for Humanity. “Habitat for Humanity®” is a registered service mark owned by Habitat for Humanity International. Habitat® is a service mark of Habitat for Humanity International.
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Whether you are looking to shop or donate building materials, Habitat ReStore can help. Use the search above to find and contact the store closest to you. Habitat for Humanity is a nonprofit housing organization working in local communities across all 50 states and in more than 70 countries around the world.
There are hundreds of ReStore locations – and they’re all open to the public. Affordable housing refers to housing options that cost a family no more than 30% of their income. As one of the fastest-growing cities in America, Charlotte has seen a surge in population, causing housing prices to rise significantly. The University closure reduces Habitat Charlotte Region’s retail footprint to 6 area locations. We will continue to operate our Pineville, Wilkinson, Wendover, Cornelius, Mooresville and Statesville ReStores. Habitat Charlotte Region’s new home floor plans range in size from a 2-bedroom, 1-bath design up to a 5-bedroom, 2.5-bath design, in addition to other single and Townhome layouts (project dependent).
In addition to furniture, appliances, home décor and home improvement items, we also accept books, DVDs, vinyl records, and VHS tapes. Habitat for Humanity® International is a tax-exempt 501(C)(3) nonprofit organization. Find your local Habitat for Humanity ReStore to donate and purchase new and used building materials. But more than that, all proceeds from ReStore sales support Habitat for Humanity’s mission to make sure everyone in the world has a decent place to live. Shopping at the ReStore not only supports your community, but also supports building affordable housing around the world.
Whether they are Habitat homes sold back to the organization or homes we purchase on the open market, Next Generation Homes are another way we are preserving affordable housing in our community. Instead of being torn down to make way for newer, more expensive units, Habitat Charlotte Region rehabilitates these homes and recycles them back into our inventory for families to purchase. Since the first location opened, the Charlotte Region ReStores have funded affordable homeownership opportunities for families from Pineville to Statesville and all points in between. We are grateful for the loyalty of our shoppers, generosity of our donors, and the faithfulness of our volunteers. Shopping at a Habitat ReStore isn’t like the shopping experience anywhere else.
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Habitat ReStores are home improvement stores and donation centers. You can support our work by shopping at and donating items to a Habitat ReStore near you. Most Habitat ReStores have a wide variety of building materials for sale, and selection at each store will vary depending on what donations they have recently received. See the list at the bottom of this article for materials you may find at Habitat ReStore. While building homes is part of the solution, Habitat and our global network also advocate to change policies and systems in the United States and internationally, working to eliminate barriers to adequate and affordable housing.
When you donate your-gently used items to the Charlotte Region ReStores, you are changing lives by making affordable homeownership a reality for a family in your own community! Through the resale of your generous donations, we are able to help fund the construction and repair of homes with Habitat for Humanity of the Charlotte Region. Habitat for Humanity ReStores are nonprofit home improvement stores and donation centers that sell new and gently used furniture, home accessories, building materials and appliances to the public at a fraction of the retail price. Habitat for Humanity ReStores are proudly owned and operated by local Habitat for Humanity affiliates. Proceeds are used to build homes and improve communities locally and around the world.
The Habitat ReStore blog has great DIY advice for your home and information on how you can support your local community by donating, shopping and volunteering. Volunteering at Habitat for Humanity ReStore is a way to support your community. Contact your local Habitat ReStore to see what opportunities are available. You’ll find items and deals you won’t find at other home repair stores. Currently, Habitat Charlotte Region offers newly constructed single-family detached homes, Next Generation Homes (homes purchased, rehabbed and resold as Habitat homes), new single-family attached homes including townhomes and duets.
Part home improvement store, part homegoods store, part resale store, each ReStore has a wide selection that changes often. You benefit because you get fantastic new and gently used home improvement items below retail prices. Folks in your community and around the world benefit because your purchase supports Habitat for Humanity. Have some leftover materials from a recent home remodel you’re ready to donate?
Habitat’s vision is of a world where everyone has a decent place to live. Habitat works toward this vision by building and improving homes in partnership with individuals and families in need of a decent and affordable place to live. Habitat partners with the City of Charlotte as an advocate for affordable housing and on numerous housing projects, the most recent of which is The Meadows at Plato Price development.
When donated goods are sold, they are kept out of your local landfill and given a second life. Enter you ZIP code in the red box to find the contact information for a Habitat ReStore near you. Call, email or stop by to see if your store accepts the building and construction materials you have to donate. Your local Habitat ReStore likely accepts a wide variety of new and gently used home building materials.
Some restrictions/exceptions may apply for donations to the Charlotte Region ReStore. Unfortunately, we are unable to accept broken, stained, inoperable items, or items that violate health and safety regulations. We reserve the right to refuse any donation drop-off or pick-up if it does not meet our donation criteria or standards. Through your purchases, generous donation of items, and volunteering, we can come together to build a legacy of strength, stability and self-reliance through shelter here in the Charlotte region.
As time passes and the future remains unknown, we’ll continue to be creative with Habitat Charlotte Region’s volunteer opportunities from home. Feel free to let us know if you can think of other ways to get involved. Remember, if accepted into the program, your house size is subject to Habitat Charlotte Region’s House Size Policy. Give new life to your old stuff when you donate to the ReStore.Have large items to donate?
