In a recently finished apartment building in Padova, Andrea Tognon Architecture was asked to design the interiors of a top floor unit, without changing its layout and without demolition or plumbing changes. Due to the impossibility of demolition and opening spaces, the architect decided to work with an opposite approach: the visual fragmentation of the space through colors, materials and reflecting surfaces. To hide the entrance and give a feeling of intimacy to the dining room area, which is located in the same room, we used black painted walls and ceiling, and black rubber floors to contrast the light wood: this defined two completely different ambiances in the same room. The green colored mirror in the black area reflects the light from the opposite windows and gives therefore the impression of an opening or an additional space.


This week on the Drinks On Monday Interview Mike chats with Chicago musician Jay Goepnner. Jay gained notoriety in the '80s around Chicago playing with Phil Angotti as the Beatle Brothers, Jay also fronted the John Lennon tribute Instant Karma, The New Invaders, and most recently can be seen out and about Chicagoland playing with Backdated. Jay and Phil will be celebrating the 30th anniversary of the Beatle Brothers Saturday May 14th at Fitzgerald's in beautiful downtown Berwyn.
Jay shares stories of seeing Cheap Trick for the first time at Chicagofest and then eventually singing with them when they were doing their Sgt. Pepper shows in Las Vegas. Jay also talks about his Beatlemobile that ALMOST appeared on LOST IN TRANSMISSION, playing with his new classic rock cover band, Backdated, hanging with Graham Nash at the Rock & Roll Hall Of Fame, and it being Drinks On Monday, the subject of what high schools he and Mike attended.


The Petite Measure-All Cup® is perfect for measuring small amounts of sticky ingredients like cream cheese, sour cream or molasses. You can also use it to measure out servings of peanut butter, dip or hummus.
Measures from 1 tbsp.–4 tbsp. (¼ cup).
Use one side for liquids and the other for solids.
Outer sleeve is dishwasher-safe, hand wash inner cup.
If sleeve is tight, wipe a small amount of cooking oil around the inside top edge of sleeve.
With pour spout up, turn cup so that blue arrow for "liquids" is pointing up.
With pour spout down, place outer sleeve with red "dry/solids" arrow pointing up.
Press thumb on top of inner cup, push inner cup and twist to desired measurement.
Fill ingredient to brim and level.


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TT: R&R from A to Z
May 5, 2008 by Terry Teachout
I'd planned to tell you all about my recent trip to Santa Fe today, but the truth is that after flying back to New York by way of Albuquerque, Denver, and Newark, then seeing four new shows in a row, one of them in Brooklyn and two of them very serious, I'm just too damn tired. Besides, I've got to knock out three Wall Street Journal columns between now and Thursday, the first of which is due at noon today if not sooner. So…no posting.
What will I do instead? I'll start by writing Column No. 1, then go have lunch with a friend, after which I propose to spend the rest of the afternoon unwinding by listening to Al Cohn and Zoot Sims, which is (as Paul Desmond put it) the musical equivalent of getting your back scratched.
Join me if you like. Al is the one on the left:
I promise to file a full and detailed report on my recent operatic adventures as soon as I get myself pulled together again. Meanwhile, it might amuse you to know that some anonymous, exceedingly well-meaning soul has gone to the trouble of writing a Wikipedia entry on The Letter. Take a look!
If that's not enough to keep you busy while I recuperate, go here to read a 1965 interview with Al and Zoot. You might also enjoy this piece by Dave Frishberg, who played piano for them once upon a time:
Zoot and Al were majestic in the way they commanded their horns, and they played rings around that music. They were locked into each other's playing like no other two musicians I ever heard. During their solos they were really composing as they played–they couldn't help it. They were compulsive composers, and it would be totally out of character for either of them to play reflexive licks, or to quote from nursery rhymes or corny pop songs, or to trivialize their music in any way. Jazz critics can probably point to certain "influences" in Al's playing, or Zoot's–Lester Young is the obvious point of departure. But the fire and the swing, and the way they swarmed over the changes and discovered ever fresher and more lyrical ways to navigate them resembles nothing else that came before or followed after.
UPDATE: You'll also find me here.

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"This survey exhibition of Australian drawing transcends graphite, charcoal and ink. Framing notions of drawing as "an integral aspect to the artist's thinking", curator Dr. Irene Barberis casts the net far and wide for this show, compiling work that fulfills various roles – whether developmental, realized or otherwise – within artists' process. It's perhaps some of the more experimental works that are the most intriguing. Sarah Tomasetti's textural fresco and graphite on muslin works are fascinating in their composition and attention to surface, as are Wilma Tabacco's stunning gold leaf works and Hilarie Mais' 1973 linear gouache and graphite drawings…"


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Can Orthodox Women Have Jobs?
Not only are Orthodox women permitted to work, many are the primary breadwinners in their households.
By My Jewish Learning
Overview: Women in Traditional Jewish Sources
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Orthodoxy — a word that represents a very wide array of approaches to traditional Jewish life — is characterized by defining different roles for men and women. Men are considered obligated in all of the 613 commandments (mitzvot) or religious life, and women are generally given greater responsibility in managing family life. But in no Orthodox community are Jewish women prohibited from working.
In the beginning of Genesis, when Adam and Eve are exiled from paradise in Eden and punished for having tasted the forbidden fruit of the Tree of Knowledge, God hands down additional punishments that will make life hard: Eve will experience pain in childbirth, while Adam will toil to till the soil. (Genesis 3:16–17) On its own, this text might give the impression that keeping a family in food and clothes is a man's job. However, many other biblical passages indicate that women were intimately involved in household finances. For instance, Proverbs 31, known as "Eshet Hayil" — A Woman of Valour — which is chanted by many Jews at Friday night dinner, describes the ideal woman as one who "… is like a merchant fleet, bringing her food from afar." (Proverbs 31:14) Throughout the Hebrew Bible, we find examples of women who are doing much more than raising children, including women who head households with no man.
Today more than ever, Orthodox Jewish women are working outside the home and succeeding in careers of all kinds, just like other women in the 21st century. Orthodox Jewish women have reached prominent positions in government, medicine, entertainment, and many other industries. For example, in 2016 Rachel Freier became the first Hasidic woman elected to public office in the United States — she's a judge on New York City's fifth civil circuit court. In 2021 President Biden appointed Anne Neuberger as the White House's top cybersecurity official.
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