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Bring To Orlando: Permanent Local Market

Published on March 26, 2012 in News and Video. 0 Comments Tags: audobon park, east end market, gabby lothrop, john rife, orlando, winter park.

Having recently visited Philadelphia and the Epic Reading Terminal Market, just a few days later I received the Winter Park Harvest Festival newsletter, featuring a video with fest organizer John Rife and Gabby Lothrop, who runs the Audobon Park Community Market. They are posting from a very similar place in Seattle called Melrose Market.

They seem to be insinuating that there is a project afoot to create a 6/7-day-a-week market in Orlando. With all the food trucks, local markets and “food entrepreneurs” (as John calls them) springing up in town, something like this would make total sense.

Then they point to a blog with exactly one post (what a tease!). I hope to see more soon from the Orlando East End Market.

Orlando actually has quite a few indoor Flea Markets, but those are normally the kind with $10-for-10 t-shirts and other cheapo stuff. In this case, we are talking serious food and other local goods. There are lots of hollowed out grocery stores, and the Church Street Exchange wouldn’t be a bad place to put something like this either. I have no idea where they will really put it, but the “East End” moniker makes me wonder if it is not somewhere… Waterford-ish. To my knowledge nobody calls any part of Orlando the “east end” right now. What could it mean?

Improve your brain and your attitude with movement

Published on November 9, 2011 in Fun Stuff and Video. 0 Comments

At TEDxOrlando last week, I was very inspired by a woman who measured the affects of regular aerobic exercise on the brain – it actually improves your long-term memory. The line from her bio reads: “Wendy Suzuki holds a faculty position in the Center for Neural Science at New York University, where she also runs an active research lab.” So there.

The workout she did was called IntenSati. A little bit like spinning without the bike or zumba with a lot more yelling. Look it up.

Then I saw this post by Jessica Earley about Dance Therapy:

When I saw both of these, I was also reminded of a reference in a Daniel Pink book to Laughing Clubs or Laughter Yoga. It works. Don’t believe me?

Clinical research on Laughter Yoga methods, conducted at the University of Graz in Austria; Bangalore, India; and in the United States has proved that Laughter lowers the level of stress hormones (epinephrine, cortisol, etc) in the blood. It fosters a positive and hopeful attitude. It is less likely for a person to succumb to stress and feelings of depression and helplessness, if one is able to laugh away the troubles.

Small Spaces means a Small Footprint

Published on August 8, 2011 in Books, Fun Stuff and Video. 0 Comments

A 78 square foot apartment in the heart of Manhattan

The best part by far is the bed – storage, a couch, a chalkboard and visually appealing as well.
A Hong Kong apartment with movable walls and 24 unique configurations

I’m sure this space cost a lot more to build out than the one in Manhattan, but it really leaves nothing out as far as I could tell.
A house that can fit on a flat bed trailer. Now for sale!

See also: The Small House Book by Jay Shafer, the man who designs and builds these tiny houses.
I also want to mention Jenine Alexander’s Tiny House Blog which is more focused on found materials and salvaged parts.
Resource Furniture kicks out some awesome multi-use “transformer” furniture.

My favorite is the table, called the Goliath.
Here is a TEDx video from Portland with Dee Williams, who lives in a tiny house, and gives us some great reasons why one might want to do the same.
Venture into the land of prefabricated houses with this retro number:
Then it just gets a little ridiculous