 city wide "free curb giveaway".
I found this popcorn bowl and snagged it.
It's way too heavy to use for popcorn, but then I thought,
it would work well for holding my utensils.
Just turn the word "popcorn" towards the wall.
(After. Much better)
There, that's already better, isn't it??
Have you done any organizing lately?
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What a great find and reuse! Trying to get a little organizing done around here. Starting to pull toys & clothes D has outgrown for the next consignment sale. And need to box up a few more things for donation to the thrift store.
Looks great!!!
Love bargains!
I love my utencil crock too. Use it everyday and it keeps my drawers pretty nice. Otherwise, I can barely open them.
We cleaned out the garage. I organized the Christmas decorations with a tub AND a label from my labelmaker!!! --- and went through the closets and did a Goodwill run.
I always go nuts organizing at the start of the new year. It makes me feel good. One big project was clearing out "The Closet of Doom' in the basement and trying to find a place for everything (so everything can be in its place.)
Looks good in the kitchen. So, do people just put stuff out at their curb and others come along and pick it up? I would have so much fun with that!Get a glimpse into Tone House, the tough-as-nails NYC workout that will show you what you’re really made of. We’d heard about Tone House. The studio is around the corner from the Spa Week offices and Tone House signage is proudly displayed on the sidewalk. What we didn’t expect was to walk into a dark fitness studio, covered in black astroturf, with eerie music playing in the background. The atmosphere was a preview of the extremely tough (but, amazing!) workout to come. Tone House was created by ex-pro football player Alonzo Wilson, which sheds some light on why the workouts are both athlete-inspired and team-based. The studio’s motto is “Unleash Your Inner Athlete” and believe us, unleash you will. The range of your athletic ability (or non-ability in some cases) will be fully exposed. Here’s a breakdown of the class. It starts with a team chant. You can handle that. Then you’ll move into the warm-up, which consists of 10-15 minutes of running around the studio and jumping over hurdles. For some, this alone is enough to make you want to throw in the towel (or at least use it to wipe down some sweat!). But for those brave enough to stick it out, the reward in the end is worth the sweat (plus blood from one participant, and possibly tears). The explosive workout is composed of extreme resistance-based moves like climbing on the ground while being attached to a harness clipped to the wall, and more hurdle jumps, this time while being attached to a harness (with over 70 lbs of resistance to taunt you). You’ll also endure sprints and some serious conditioning, burst moves including crunches, pushups and squats, and some weight lifting. At the end there will be a brief stretch, and you’ll end with another chant. There is no question about it—Tone House will push you to your limits, and you will unleash your inner athlete. Even though it was the toughest workout we’ve ever tried (sore muscles for three+ days included), we are excited to come back and try it again! The studio offers complimentary water bottles and towels (which is nice, because you’ll definitely go through multiple of each in the hour long session). If you are looking for a serious, and we mean serious challenge, Tone House will be the best $35 you ever spent. If you are first-timer, take advantage of a $20 deal!.As part of an initiative by the city of Paris to re-invent several public squares using participatory methods (Réinventons nos places!), 169 architects, Elioth Concept and Quatorze (principal representative) joined forces to form the DiDO! collective (Data In, Doing Out). The collective is working simultaneously on Place des Fêtes and Place Gambetta with the mission to support the project management team which is composed of experts from the City of Paris technical services. The goal is to define the overall development project for each space based on their uses and develop part of the plan as project managers.
These observations were formalized in a dynamic and multi-scale survey of the square. Market days meant a saturated, almost impassable space; on other days, vehicles would sneak in to park in the square and park as they wish. In parallel with these on-site observations, students from the DPEA Post-carbon Architecture Department of the l’Ecole d’Architecture de la Ville et des Territoires de Marne-la-vallée carried out physical climate indicators on the square: wind effects and wind swirls due to the neighbouring towers, average decibel volumes in the different areas of the square and, at ground level, direct sunshine levels, reflective capacity or capacity to store heat… They found that the dominant winds and materials of the square converge towards the creation of an urban heat island. In summer, soil, minerality, and lack of shelter make it an “oven”. However, certain areas are appreciated for their share of shade, such as the steps to the south of the square. Conversely, in winter, the sunny curbstone that borders the square to the north becomes a place of choice.
As a legacy of the Faites! collective, which led the first phase of Réinventons nos places! at Place des Fêtes, the container that served as the project’s lifeblood was already being used by various associations. During this first phase, we discovered the public mobilized around the development of the square: L’Accord’âge, Les Amis de la place des Fêtes, Le Cafête, Collectif Place des Fêtes, Le DOC, La Fabrik, Les Jeunes en Place, L’Espace Résilience, Les Psy du coeur, Les Robins des Ville, l’association Kick-Art, La Maison de la place des Fêtes, Les Mères en Place, Le Théâtre de Verre, Radio Potain, Tramar, Traverses… We assisted a programming committee that met every month to review the events of each one and the common management of Capla. After a few months, the need for storage space was identified and an additional container dedicated to this function was added on the square.
Between February and July 2017, about twenty permanent staff set up rotations on Wednesday and Saturday afternoons at Capla. For the occasion, the team’s mediators noted a strong presence of children between 8 and 14 years old for whom the square is their backyard. Balloon games, bike rides, drawing workshops, and discussions were conducted for the future of the square. We found that the attachment to the pyramid was palpable with those that did not participate in the 2014 vote. A landmark in the heart of the square, it stood out in their stories as the Eiffel Tower of the district.
During this period, we carried out three public workshops for the programming of the spaces of the square in order to take stock of the first plans provided in the preliminary study of the Atelier Parisien d’Urbanisme (APUR). Conducted directly on the square on sunny days or during the neighbourhood festival, these meetings enabled us to reach more than 400 people who frequent the square. Thanks to a board game consisting of a background map and tokens, everyone present on site was invited to discuss their desires for the future of the square. Several themes were debated in teams to come up with scenarios: mobility, vegetation, micro equipment (urban furniture), neighbourhood life (activities) and small centralities. By placing the tokens, the participants discussed how they use the space. Sitting here rather than there, slaloming downstairs, needing delivery or access during a move… Our team captured the knowledge of uses by noting the key points of the debate. During certain sessions, reference images were presented and amended by the public of the square, all of which was accompanied by an information timeline about the future of the streets delimiting the Place des Fêtes block as well as the future emergency exit of metro 11, and the relocation of the market. During the third workshop, an exploratory walk allowed users to climb on the planted beds sheltering the entrances and exits of the underground parking lot. By experimenting with their bodies, the participants showed their support for a proposal to make these sunny terraces accessible.
Following a suggestion by the City’s technical services, we conducted an accessibility workshop dedicated to users with mobility or visual perception disabilities in September 2017. Without seeing, how can we find our way around this strange place? Tactile models allowed a group of representatives of associations and users to place a breadcrumb trail and to think about the location of audible signs on the crossings of the main roads and at the level of some bus shelters.
After these steps, we had accumulated a lot of data on La Place des Fêtes. We produced various documents destined to the city’s technical services including an annotated axonometric view summarizing the resident proposals. This illuminated the fact that the square needs different atmospheres in order to requalify its limits and enhance its centre. To the north is a space bathed in light where the whole space can be admired. To the south, an opportunity to get out in the