After 18 years of setting the bar high for vegan comfort food in Seattle, the University District’s Wayward Vegan Café will be closing for good on August 30, its last day of operation.

The Wayward isn’t the only restaurant in Seattle offering vegan breakfast options. But it’s the only all-vegan, all-day breakfast destination for plant-based American classics like hash, scrambles, chicken fried “steak,” stacks of fluffy pancakes, and cookies and gravy. .

And at its current sunny two-story location on Northeast 65th Street (the owners call it “Wayward 3.0” – a nod to its previous two locations), queues regularly stretched out the door and, pre-COVID weekends, sometimes down the block. A beloved mainstay of Seattle’s plant-based community, the Wayward is a favorite with punks, activists, college students, neighbors, and many people who aren’t even vegan, but love the food.

Since the announcement of the Wayward’s closure, Tami Blanchette, one of the restaurant’s four co-owners, said the outpouring of support from the community has been overwhelming, even from non-vegans. “People say, ‘I’ve been coming here for years with my granddaughter or some other family member because they love it, and I’m not vegan, but I really enjoyed it,’” a- she declared. “You will always like a farmer’s hash. You will always love pancakes. I think we’ve changed the perception of veganism a bit. It doesn’t have to be scary or inaccessible.

Wayward proudly serves up vegan versions of dinner staples like French toast, pairing creative dishes like “Ex-Benedict” and Suns over Seattle (a breakfast sandwich with scrambled tofu, melted vegan cheese and mock ham ) with hot plate combinations and bottomless coffee. It’s not diet food, but it doesn’t have to be: Seattle has no shortage of kale bowls and salads elsewhere.

Wayward never received the national acclaim or fine-dining status of Seattle’s all-vegan Plum Bistro or vegetarian Cafe Flora, but it’s long been a favorite destination for herbivores in the Pacific Northwest across the country and even around the world: an impressive feat for what started as a vegan punk collective in a U-District house. “Realizing that our reputation had spread across the states and even overseas was like we had created something great,” said co-owner Doh Driver.

But the COVID-19 pandemic disrupted that momentum. “Right before the pandemic, we were at our peak,” Blanchette said. “At our very, very high level. Already. All these sales records we had – we were breaking them all the time… When COVID hit, it came to a screeching halt.

Throughout the pandemic, Wayward has operated with reduced hours, a reduced staff and takeout only. Supply chain delays, shortages and rising costs were discouraging, and Tami and her husband Colin, who also worked as general managers, felt the clock ticking. “If we keep signing the leases and the extensions, we’ll be in our 50s,” Blanchette said. “I think now is the time to pull the train off the track for us, to see what else is in the world…it’s just about time.”

Wayward 1.0: Hey Seitan!

Before the Wayward opened, Seattle’s vegan and vegetarian restaurants in the 1990s and 2000s included the Globe, Black Cat, Sunlight Cafe (the city’s oldest vegetarian restaurant), and Café Flora, as well as many vegan options at Ethiopian, Vietnamese, Chinese, and Jamaican restaurants in the international district of Chinatown, Hillman City, and other South End locations.

For northerners, the U-District was a vegan hub. Longtime vegan Thai restaurant Araya’s was a staple, often letting broke students and punks eat leftovers from the lunch buffet in exchange for help with cleanup. The north side of the avenue offered Vegan Pizza Pi and a vegan grocery store, Sidecar for Pigs Peace (later renamed Vegan Haven, now closed). At one time, Hillside Quickies, a Tacoma-based vegan soul food purveyor, had an outpost on Brooklyn Avenue.

Around 1996, George Lytle opened a vegan and mostly organic restaurant called Good Morning Healing Earth in a small house at 901 Northeast 55th Street. Her grandson, Chad Ringo Bucklew, who played in Seattle punk bands Nudes and Lysol and would also later work at Wayward, remembers going to the vegan spot when they were young. “It was painted in tie-dye colors and had a huge mural of Mother Earth,” Bucklew said. “He lived out back with his dog and he always said ‘Hello!’ at any time of the day. Tons of great memories watching him squeeze his own tofu and all that.

When Lytle died in 2003, he left the cafe to his employees, who renamed it Rainy Day Café. The change was short-lived. In 2004, Rainy Day Cafe was sold to a group of vegan punks (like Jarrod Ducat and others) who turned it into a collective, renaming it the Wayward Vegan Café. The vibe was that of a greasy spoon, with lots of nutritional yeast and catastrophic metal coming out of the kitchen. (Hail seitan!) The Wayward was close to home venues and had a zine library and DIY Bike Shack community in the back.

In the 1990s and 2000s, Seattle’s vegan, punk, and activist circles shared strong overlaps. “Myself and a number of others [animal liberation] activists were moving to local venues…and that included lots of punk and hardcore shows,” said Josh Harper, an animal rights activist and former Wayward employee. “The punk kids were ready to at least listen to you [about veganism]. This has definitely led to a large countercultural contingent among the city’s vegans.

Wayward 2.0 and beyond: “Wayward is home”

In 2007, Colin and Tami Blanchette bought Vegan Pizza Pi, and when they learned Wayward was up for sale, they teamed up with Doh Driver and Dennis Buffaloe to buy it 11 months later. (Some members of the Wayward Collective also launched Georgetown’s Squid and Ink, a vegan pub, with Capitol Hill metal bar Highline a direct descendant. After it closed at the start of the pandemic, Highline co-owner Alan Threewit , took over the Georgetown Liquor Corporation in 2020.)

The Blanchettes originally met and became vegans at a Lakewood Denny’s, where they had worked for more than a decade. Each day, the two drove from South Tacoma to Seattle, where they worked at Wayward in the morning and Pizza Pi in the evening. In 2008 they moved the Wayward to 5253 University Way Northeast (Wayward 2.0), within earshot of Pizza Pi and Vegan Haven. “I was just walking around in my apron outside [from place to place]“recalls Blanchette.

Les Blanchettes sold Pizza Pi in 2011 to focus on Wayward, expanding lunch and dinner options to include more sandwiches, burgers and meal platters. In 2015, they moved to Wayward’s current largest two-story space at 801 Northeast 65th Street. Wayward 3.0 moved away from its previous greasy spoon iterations, but the fried seitan, hashes, and bottomless coffee remained the same. There was simply more room to accommodate the growing weekend and weekday brunch crowds.

The upgrade seemed timely at a time when veganism was growing in popularity, especially among climate-conscious consumers. Since the 2010s, fast-casual vegan chains have been popping up in the United States, and plant-based protein and cheese products have grown into a billion-dollar industry. But Seattle’s new and longtime herbivores and omnivores revere Wayward as an old-school classic and a connection to UDistrict history.

“I’ve been going to Wayward since it started as a cozy cabin,” said longtime Wayward customer Tasha Walston. “I could always bring carnivorous friends, and many would end up changing their ideas about vegan food entirely. As it grew…if you ever tried to contact Wayward during the day on the weekend, you know there was always a line at the door.

“My kids grew up in Wayward,” they said. “Waward is home.”

Wayward’s current ownership is poised to end that chapter, but that doesn’t mean Wayward’s legacy as Seattle’s vegan comfort food king is also over. Blanchette said staff are preparing the space for sale as a turnkey restaurant and have already generated considerable interest from potential buyers. Getting out of the Wayward for good is bittersweet, but it could just be the start of a whole new era under new ownership.

“It’s hard to think where we would be without Wayward,” Blanchette said. “It’s like losing a limb. It’s time for us to step down, and hopefully someone else will pick up the slack. Really really. The Wayward is magnificent, and it can go on. It doesn’t have to close.

Elk Grove Restaurant Week, an annual showcase of the city’s vibrant and diverse food scene, kicks off Friday, January 14 and runs through Sunday, January 23.

During these 10 days, diners can use a free “passport†on their smartphone to access offers from more than 30 restaurants. These specials include discounts, family meals and chances to win prizes. Customers simply need to access their mobile passport by registering on ElkGroveRestaurantWeek.com then access a link to a restaurant week pass. They must then show that pass on a smartphone screen to an employee of a participating restaurant in order to win the Elk Grove Restaurant Week special.

Explore Elk Grove, an organization that works with the Town of Elk Grove to promote local businesses, created this year’s Restaurant Week.

“It’s very easy, it’s transparent and it allows you to check into restaurants for individual offerings,†said Aaryn Val, executive director of Explore Elk Grove.

Like restaurants across California, Elk Grove’s restaurant scene experienced staff and service shortages last year when the state’s economy reopened after a 15-month shutdown related to the COVID-19 situation.

“We think there’s no better time than now in January to get them business,†Val said.

She then mentioned the wide variety of restaurants that are part of the 10 day showcase.

“I love trying new things and doing business in the community I live in and love,†said Val.

Explore Elk Grove is always recruiting local restaurants to participate in this year’s Elk Grove Restaurant Week. Restaurant owners can email [email protected] to join. For more information on participating restaurants and the smartphone passport, visit www.ElkGroveRestaurantWeek.com.

Who joins Elk Grove Restaurant Week 2022

The following Elk Grove Restaurant Weekly Specials will be available at these locations January 14-23:

-A Seat at the Table, (9257 Laguna Springs Drive): Free brewed coffee or iced tea with a $ 10 purchase

-Beach Hut Deli, (7119 Elk Grove Blvd.): free chips or soda

-Big Kahuna Frozen Yogurt & Juicery, (8361 Sheldon Road): Buy One, Get One Free

-Bull Wings Grill & Bar, (9625 East Stockton Blvd.): 20% off an aperitif

-Caf̩ Elk Grove, (8020 Civic Center Drive Рinside District56): afternoon tea for two

-Chason’s Crab Stadium, (8839 Sheldon Road): 20% off your order

-Denny’s, (8707 Elk Grove Blvd.): $ 5 off a $ 15 purchase

-Fish & Things Poke Bar, (7423 Laguna Blvd.): $ 5 off a $ 25 purchase

-Huckleberry’s Breakfast and Lunch, (2745 Elk Grove Blvd.): free donuts with the purchase of two appetizers

-Jack’s Urban Eats, (7701 Laguna Blvd.): $ 5 off any purchase of $ 25 or more

-Jamie’s Café, (9101 Laguna Main St.): 20% off your order

-Journey to the Dumpling, (7419 Laguna Blvd.): $ 5 off a purchase of $ 25 or more

-La Fiesta Meat Market, (9746 Elk Grove-Florin Road): a free cup of horchata water

-Leatherby’s Family Creamery, (8238 Laguna Blvd.): Buy one ticket, get one free

-MacQue’s barbecue and catering, (8517 Elk Grove Blvd.): 10% off any purchase of $ 12 or more

-Maharani India Restaurant, (9583 Elk Grove-Florin Road): Free vegetable samosa with a $ 25 purchase

– Mainland China, (8649 Elk Grove Blvd.): Free fries on orders of $ 20 or more

-Maru Ramen Bar, (8698 Elk Grove Blvd.): 10% off an aperitif

-Moo Moo, (8698 Elk Grove Blvd.): 20% off an aperitif

-Nash & Proper, (9080 Laguna Main St.): 10% discount on one admission

-Netillo’s Takos, (8451 Elk Grove Blvd.): a free meat taco with a purchase of $ 15

-Old Town Pizza and Tap House, (9677 Elk Grove-Florin Road): 20% off a large pizza

-Pho Bistro, (4805 Laguna Blvd.): $ 5 off any purchase of $ 25 or more

-SEA Bowl, (9635 East Stockton Blvd.): a free chicken egg wrap or cream cheese wonton with a purchase of $ 25 or more

-SEA Hut, (9655 Elk Grove-Florin Road): a side dish of fries or Thai tea for $ 2 with any sandwich

-Savvy House Coffee Bar, (9630 Bruceville Road): 20% off one entry

-Sheldon Inn Restaurant and Bar, (9000 Grant Line Road): $ 39 prix fixe menu

-Sheldon Wine Shop, (8361 Sheldon Road): 10% discount

-Steve’s Pizza, (9135 West Stockton Blvd.): 20% off a large or extra-large pizza

-Tasty Pot, (8461 Elk Grove Blvd.): 10% off

-The Old Spaghetti Factory, (7727 Laguna Blvd.): Free Sicilian Garlic Cheese Bread

-The Original Mike’s Diner, (9139 East Stockton Blvd.) 20% off check

-Todo un Poco, (9080 Laguna Main St.) special to be announced

The San Francisco Planning Commission unanimously approved the proposed redevelopment plan for the Church Street site of the former Sparky’s Diner. This is the first major housing proposal to move forward in the upper corridor of Market Street in the city’s LGBTQ neighborhood in five years.

Landowner Ty Bash first revealed plans to demolish the brick building that for years housed the 24-hour, LGBTQ-friendly restaurant two years ago, as the Bay Area Reporter reported for the first time. Sparky’s had operated at 242 Church Street and closed in February 2016, while Thorough Bread and Pastry at 248 Church Street remained open.

Originally slated to be a 22-unit development, Bash is taking advantage of a state’s density program for new housing projects to add two additional units in the new building to be constructed at 240-250 Church Street. Its 1,992 square foot ground floor retail space will be reserved for the use of the French bakery, which will also have dedicated access to the backyard for outdoor seating when the business backs down.

Designed by Schaub Ly Architects Inc., the accommodation will be a mix of 18 two-bedroom units and six one-bedroom units. Three of the units, one one-bedroom and two two-bedroom units, will be sold as affordable and priced at 80% of the region’s median income. All residential units will have access to a shared rooftop terrace, and while there is no vehicle parking provided, the project will have 30 bicycle parking spaces for residential and commercial components, according to plans.

Principal architect Jeremy Schaub told commissioners that “240 Church is a great place for city life without the need for private vehicle transportation.”

As a result of the decision to now include the required affordable units on the site, the project is entitled to a 24.5% density premium, or approximately 4,997 gross square feet, for residential uses. The project required a height exemption for the seven-story building, which is expected to be 74 feet, 11 inches tall.

After a November hearing was postponed, the planning commission voted 7-0 on December 2 to support the recommendation of planning staff to approve the project.

“While I would have liked to see a stronger transition to the corner building of Church and Market, I support the building,†said commission vice-chair Kathrin Moore.

The only person who opposed the project during the hearing was Stephen Torres, the secretary of the Castro LGBTQ Cultural District Advisory Board. Since the location is within the confines of the neighborhood, Torres criticized Bash for not meeting with the group regarding the housing development. He said district leaders were “disappointed” to hear about it for the first time in a Bay Area Reporter article last month and not from Bash himself.

“For decades, Sparky’s Diner has played a vital role in the queer community,” Torres noted, adding, “Alas, the same would not be true for the proposed development.”

He criticized the project for being primarily market-priced housing that would do little to help current LGBTQ residents in Castro afford to live in the neighborhood. Torres asked the planning body to delay voting on the project until the developer has met with the Cultural Quarter and other LGBTQ community groups.

Schaub noted that the development team had met with the Duboce Triangle Neighborhood Association and the Castro Merchants Association in addition to residents neighboring the project site over the past two years for feedback.

“Sparky’s Diner closed five years ago, long before this project was considered, so I don’t know how relevant that is,†Schaub said.

At the request of the planning committee, which added it as a condition of approval for the project, the development team said they would meet with the LGBTQ cultural district to discuss possibilities to add artwork reflecting the neighborhood and find ways to provide meeting space. for the community in the new building. But Bash stressed that his top priority was to ensure that the bakery ended up with a suitable space where his business could flourish.

“We don’t want to interfere with their opportunity to run a business,†he said.

Other developments
The upper Market Street corridor has seen a number of mixed-use developments with above-ground retail housing constructed over the past decade. The most recent will be the 44-unit condo project at 2238 Market Street by the Prado Group Inc.

It paved the way in July 2019 and is repurposing a former mortuary and its parking lot into housing and storefronts facing the sidewalks, with five of the condominium units to be sold as affordable. Originally completed in early 2021, the homes are now expected to start selling towards the end of the year.

Construction on the Prado project began around the time the apartment building at the corner of Market, Church and 14th Street began renting out its 60 units, eight of which were set aside as affordable. The decision of local entrepreneur Brian Spiers to initially use San Francisco-based startup Sonder to oversee market-priced furnished apartment rentals sparked controversy. (Last summer, during the second wave of the COVID-19 pandemic, Sonder sued Spiers to end their deal earlier.)

Several other redevelopment proposals on that same block of Market Street have languished in recent years. The former Open Bible Church at 2135 Market Street, which adjoins its Bash backyard development on Church Street, has long been sought after for accommodation, as has the former Lucky 13 straight dive bar across the street. street at 2140 Market Street.

Plans submitted to the Planning Department before the pandemic called for the two sites to use the state’s density bonus law to build at least 30 units on the church site and 90 units on the bar site. But the two housing plans had faced opposition from the neighborhood due to the height of the buildings and the limited number of units below the market rate.

Developer Kent Mirkhani retained Macy Architecture to design the buildings at both sites. The project at 2135 Market Street would set aside three of its 30 units as affordable. Revised plans for the building were submitted to the planning department in January, and Mirkhani and her architects have met with community groups in recent months to seek their support.

In May, plans for the Lucky 13 site were submitted to the city, which requested a new 70-unit brick building, 10 of which would be below market rate, as the pro-housing group SF noted at the time. Yimby. CONNECT: https://sfyimby.com/2021/05/permits-filed-for-2134-2140-market-street-the-castro-san-francisco.html

It is not known when either of Mirkhani’s projects will be submitted to the planning commission.

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TALK ABOUT THE CITY: Damien Hirst’s Girlfriend Sophie Cannell Hits Ski Couture For Dinner With The 56-Year-Old Artist

By Charlotte Griffiths For The Mail on Sunday

Posted: 12:01 am GMT, December 19, 2021 | Update: 00:10 GMT, December 19, 2021

With Christmas trips to the French Alps on the menu, what can a girl do with her couture ski clothes?

For Sophie Cannell, the 27-year-old girlfriend of Damien Hirst, the answer was simple: wear it to dinner in London.

The former ballerina, who has been in a relationship with the 56-year-old artist for three years, wore her £ 5,540 Chanel jumpsuit as the couple walked to their favorite restaurant, Scott’s in Mayfair.

Sophie Cannell wore couture ski clothes for dinner with artist boyfriend Damien Hirst at her favorite Mayfair restaurant, Scott’s

Damien was pushing the boundaries of Scott’s “smart” dress code in a gray hoodie, purple jacket, blue joggers, sneakers and a shoulder bag with the slogan “Sex” on it.

The couple were joined by Sophie’s mother Angela, who at 60 is just four years older than Damien.

As they sat at a table outside, a guest said to me, “They were talking about their Christmas plans and how they would all like to spend it together.”

Is it time to make Sophie, Damien, an honest woman?

Damien was pushing the boundaries of Scott’s “smart” dress code in a gray hoodie, purple jacket, blue joggers, sneakers and a shoulder bag with the slogan “Sex”

He might be rich enough to buy them whatever they want, but Jack Whitehall won’t be digging into his pockets for his four godchildren this Christmas.

The comedian instead confesses that they will get free proceeds from his new movie, the family comedy Clifford The Big Red Dog.

The 33-year-old said: “I have a lot of teddy bears and comics that come from America.” And I don’t think he was kidding …

Does Sir Mick Jagger loosen the purse strings in his old age?

Does Sir Mick Jagger loosen the purse strings in his old age?

The 78-year-old has gained a reputation for frugality over the years (ex-wife Jerry Hall called him ‘tight’), but my spy at Selfridges in London tells me the Rolling Stones frontman bought “Literally hundreds†of pre- for family and friends through its personal shopper service.

Her Christmas list would be long by anyone’s standards: the star has eight children, including her youngest Deveraux, five, plus five grandchildren and two great-grandchildren.

It’s no wonder he’s feeling generous – the Stones were the highest-grossing live act of 2021, earning £ 87.2million from their No Filter US tour.

Following a fatal accident on the Black Horse Pike in Egg Harbor Township on Monday morning, it’s time to make some changes to English Creek Avenue.

What happened on Monday morning was horrific – according to police, a driver did not stop at a red light and he not only crashed into another vehicle but also killed a pedestrian crossing the road.

Tuesday morning as I was driving to work, almost exactly 24 hours after this accident, I was at this intersection and it was as if nothing tragic had happened the day before.

As I headed east on the Pike the light turned red and I stopped (a lot of people don’t). When the light turned green on one side of English Creek Avenue, I saw an older man quickly crossing the Pike on the crosswalk. When the light changed to traffic across English Creek, I saw a woman and a young child (maybe 4 or 5 years old) almost running across the same crosswalk – and, honestly I kind of held my breath until they hit the grass. If someone turning from English Creek to the Pike hadn’t been paying attention, he would never have seen these people cross the road. And then once the light went green for traffic on the Pike, a guy in the turning lane didn’t turn – he passed everyone on the right and sharply cut traffic through the bus shelter. NJ Transit in front of the gas station (More on that in a moment).

And this is what I saw in a single cycle of the traffic light.

Are we so numb that someone who gets killed doesn’t even bother us anymore? Doesn’t that even require us to drive safely for a day or just a few hours?

So at this point I have to ask this: where are EHT’s elect? The mayor? Members of the municipal council? Where is the chief of police on this? Someone from the county government? Hello??

Someone who was elected to serve the people of Egg Harbor Township would surely realize that the intersection of Black Horse Pike and English Creek Avenue – one of the busiest in the township – has no pedestrian crossing signal.

To make matters worse, there are New Jersey Transit bus stops on either side of this intersection, so people will naturally cross there.

At a bare minimum, crosswalk signals with red signs without lighting and / or lights that stay red while people are in the crosswalk would slow down traffic at least a bit. You would at least reduce the risk of another tragedy a little.

And I don’t want to hear the line “this is a national road and there is nothing we can do about it”. I’m sorry, but when I see this it tells me you’re not trying hard enough.

So who in the EHT is going to step in and work with the NJDOT to improve this intersection?

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More towns and cities in Maine are celebrating Pride by painting a number of their crosswalks in rainbow colors. The Portland Downtown organization collected paint and scrolls and traveled to downtown Portland to create these artworks that recognize and celebrate the LGBT community.

Downtown Portland is a non-profit downtown improvement district formed in 1992 to foster a vibrant, thriving and sustainable downtown community. They are funded by a tax levy paid by downtown area property owners and other supporters.

Portland Downtown members were on Market Street at the intersection with Commercial Street with their Portland Downtown safety vests to paint the Market Street crosswalk red, yellow, orange, green, blue and purple, alternating between white existing.

This is the third of 10 planned Pride Rainbow Crosswalks – here’s where they’ll all end up:

• Park and Congress Streets
• Park and gray streets
• Oak and Congress streets
• Center and Congress streets
• Center and Spring streets
• Center and commercial streets
• Exchange and Spring Streets
• Market and commercial streets
• Pearl and Congress streets
• York and High Streets

As grand as these crosswalks are, there are a small number of people who don’t appreciate them, including a Brunswick motorcyclist who vandalized the city’s Pride rainbow sidewalk in May by posing there rubber shortly after it was painted. The whole incident was filmed.

Others have complained in comments on social media that it’s a waste of taxpayers’ money. In the case of Portland, the work was done by downtown Portland, so the only taxes used to pay for paint and supplies came from property owners in the downtown area.

Actions and comments like this still show that we still have work to do to ensure Maine’s LGBT community receives the same respect that all humans deserve. Hope these colorful crosswalks can help people understand each other.

As the Garden State eases restrictions and removes COVID-19 mandates, AARP New Jersey says coronavirus data suggests nursing homes should remain a focus of health and safety officials. other Garden State officials, so there are no unnecessary deaths.

According to the New Jersey Department of Health, more than 9,500 residents and staff at long-term care facilities have died from COVID-19 since the pandemic began. Nearly 6,000 of those people resided in nursing homes, or about 19% of New Jersey’s total COVID deaths, according to AARP.

“We just know that as new variants emerge, facilities can’t let preventable problems repeat themselves, and the key is to increase vaccinations and boosters and do it now,” said Katie York, Deputy Director of Advocacy for the New Jersey Chapter. from AARP.

Nursing homes proved particularly vulnerable at the start of the virus in New Jersey – that’s when many deaths occurred. Critics said that was because state policy required the return to nursing homes of infected patients discharged from hospitals, but the state said its directive required those residents to be housed separately.

Using data from the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services, AARP Nursing Home COVID-19 Dashboard indicates that the rate of resident cases fell from 2.26 cases per 100 in the four-week period ending June 19 to two cases per 100 in the four-week period ending July 17. The personnel case rate increased slightly between these two periods.

In New Jersey, according to the dashboard, 79.3% of nursing home residents have received their full round of COVID-19 vaccinations and at least one booster dose. This is the 18th highest rate in the country.

All workers in health care facilities such as nursing homes must be up to date on their vaccinations, including a booster dose, in New Jersey. According to the scorecard, 82.1% of nursing home staff have met this threshold. This is the fifth highest rate among the states.

“We are seeing stagnation in vaccination,” York said.

Andy Aronson, president and CEO of the New Jersey Healthcare Association, agrees that all nursing home residents and staff should be “vaccinated and beefed up.” But, he said, the current impact of COVID-19 on nursing homes is not as severe as other groups might suggest, thanks to vaccination and targeted treatments.

Aronson acknowledged an increase in cases in nursing homes during the omicron threat and in the early days of the pandemic in 2020.

“The reality is that people in nursing homes are currently safer than people in communities,” Aronson said. “When there are COVID cases in the community, there will also be COVID cases in nursing homes. But what we have in nursing homes is constant monitoring of residents, residents are tested. Every time someone is positive they are treated and overall the residents are doing very, very well.”

With previous reports by Michael Symons

Dino Flammia is a reporter for New Jersey 101.5. You can reach him at [email protected]

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In the season three finale of Succession, Roy children finally realize their collective bargaining power: Their mother’s divorce agreement with Logan (Brian Cox) gives them a qualified majority of Waystar Royco shares in the event of a change of control, so they can veto to Logan’s plan to sell the business to them. Shiv (Sarah Snook) informs her husband, Tom (Matthew Macfadyen), of their plot to fuck Logan before he can fuck them. “. And where do I fit in, Shiv? He asks her. It’s a question he’s been asking all season, and Shiv answers it with his signature disdain. The Roy siblings then traveled to the literal fortress where the GoJo-Royco deal is underway, only to find that Logan was made aware of their plan and rescinded the qualified majority clause. “Who told him we were coming?” Shiv asks. Then we see him: Logan through the door giving Tom a hot pat on the shoulder. Treason! Subterfuge! Sabotage! Succession has been foreshadowing this moment since the first season. Here’s how:

Season 1, Episode 7: “You marry a man at depths below you …”
“… because you don’t want to risk being betrayed.” Logan throws that beard on Shiv in front of tom’s face in the first season, a few episodes before their marriage. The vibrations here are more Odipe rex Over 1000 Crude Incest Jokes From Roman (Kieran Culkin): The action Shiv takes to avoid his fate / fear is the very thing that will make it come to fruition.

Season 1, Episode 8: “I don’t want him to appear dead at the bottom of a French fuck pool.”
Logan tells Greg (Nicholas Braun) to keep an eye out for Kendall (Jeremy Strong) at Tom’s bachelor party, saying he doesn’t want him to drown in a European swimming pool. In season 2, Kendall even calls himself “techno Gatsbyâ€. The guy with the death instinct is always surrounded by water-based images, but because Logan doesn’t want his son dead, we learn at the start of the season three finale – from Logan – that Kendall does does not, in fact, drown. As Greg would say, “So be it. So it’s.”

Marketing season 3: this a poster
In September, HBO released a series of Succession posters crying out about the family rift: Kendall on one side of a hallway looking down, Logan on the other; behind them, various groups of other family members. One of these variations showed the siblings lining up behind Kendall with only Tom and Greg behind Logan. It seemed unlikely at the time, but it was the poster that predicted where things were going to land by the end of the season: battle lines, action stations. Siblings united in daddy issues, trauma and greed.

Episode 2: relevant donuts
Kendall invites the siblings to Kendall’s HQ (Rava’s apartment) to try and win them over to her side. When everyone is there, Logan has a box of donuts delivered with a note telling them to have a good “snack” (a two-in-one dig calling them both traitors and little girls). The brothers and sisters are confused; Who told him about the secret meeting? They don’t know – and neither did we when the episode aired – but it had to be Tom. Shiv called him from Kendall’s and Tom was with Logan at the time. Tom presents himself as a woman and has private access to Shiv’s thoughts and plans (Shiv disrespects him too much to keep custody with him), but he warned Logan of a sibling discussion once before and ended up starting over in the final. Connor’s line in this episode “Do you think he would send poison donuts to his grandchildren’s house?” â€Also foreshadows the scene between Logan, Iverson and Kendall at the“ Chiantishire â€dinner.

Episode 3: Tom volunteers as a tribute.
The outsiders (Tom, Greg, Gerri) have something to prove from day one; inheritance is not their birthright. Tom has less to lose than the Roy kids, so he’s capable of making the craziest game, volunteering to be the downfall guy if the DOJ needs to imprison a Waystar costume. This is a huge gesture for Logan, who values ​​loyalty above all else and was betrayed by his boy # 1 when he tried to pose him until he went to prison in his place. This is what prompted Kendall’s dramatic exit in the season two finale: Kendall saw the hook and he squirmed. Tom says to Logan, “I won’t squirm.” This earns Tom a pat on the back of Logan, foreshadowing their body language in the finale. Plus, Tom only does this play to Logan after he’s performed it by Shiv, who couldn’t be more indifferent – even encouraging – that Tom is going to jail. Another reason for him to turn against her.

Episode 4: Nero and Sporus
Tom flies away after preparing for a possible internment, and he takes some of his anxiety away from Greg. He tells him the story of Emperor Nero and his favorite slave, Sporus, IP whom Greg does not know. “Nero pushed his wife up the stairs,†says Tom. “And then he had Sporus castrated and married him instead.” Tom casts Greg all season by blocking cocks, first with Comfrey (Dasha Nekrasova) then with the Duchess. He pushes his wife up the stairs … betrayal. He even calls Greg “Sporus†before sealing their alliance with a hug in what is the most romantic moment of the finale, no offense to Connor (Alan Ruck) and Willa (Justine Lupe).

Episode 4: “How does this advance my personal position?” You have to think about it 24/7.
Gerri (J. Smith-Cameron) gives Roman this advice when he brings her the photo of Kendall’s initials tattooed as a bribe on the forehead of a homeless man. Gerri reformulates this line in the season finale, not as advice to help Roman but as she betrays him. Roman asks him to intervene so that Logan sells the business to the family. Gerri responds, coldly, “It doesn’t serve my interests.” How does it serve my interests? “

Episode 6: Tom’s intuition
“I don’t mean to be insulting, but having been around a bit, I feel like you’re going to get fucked.” Because I have often seen you get fucked. And I’ve never seen Logan get fucked once, â€Tom tells Kendall in a restaurant parking lot after Kendall tries to bring him to his side. Tom may not know what’s coming, but he does know what’s coming.

Episode 7: “She is going to give birth to daddy’s baby while a satanic mass is being sung.”
The Roy kids feel like their dad is fucking his personal assistant, Kerry (Zoe Winters), who is about 50 years his junior. Logan has a urinary tract infection and Roman plays a joke on Kerry delivering another Roy spawn. In the finale, Connor finds out that Logan is trying to fortify his, uh, “gloop” (his word, not ours). Logan could very well try to have a new heir that he won’t live to see grow up and let him down. (You can tell he’s getting ready for a daddy cover story by how the episode opens with him reading to his grandson.)

Episode 7: “I will remember it. “
At the start of “Too Much Birthday,†the team toast “to justice†after learning that the DOJ is out of their case and that no one is going to jail. Logan hugs Tom and whispers, “I’ll remember that,” referring to Tom’s act of loyalty. Shiv, appearing to have a brain fart, toasts his father before even thinking of cheering on her own husband for the good news that he ultimately won’t go to jail. If Tom made sense, we would know who he is lining up with at this point. And after the “I don’t love you” moment in “Chiantishire”, how can you blame him?

Brian Cox’s McDonald’s ads: “I like this.”
These foreshadowed our love this season of Succession. They also foreshadowed how, by the end of this show, the Roy kids will likely work in a drive-thru while Tom rules as Emperor.

Good restaurants in football stadiums: the next big thing in food circles? Leading the charge is Copenhagen Geranium, a fancy dinner at the Denmark National Football Stadium. (The restaurant has three Michelin stars and is currently ranked second on the World’s 50 Best Restaurant Countdown). In Melbourne, Marvel Stadium is home to an outpost of Lee Ho Fook, chef Victor Liong’s modern and energetic Chinese restaurant. And in Perth, we have Falafel Omisi, a casual cafe that opened at the Joe Rosen Oval in February.

Granted, Joe Rosen Oval — a suburban soccer field in Yokine and home to the WA branch of international Jewish sports club, Maccabi — isn’t quite in the same league as Marvel Stadium or the team’s HQ. Danish national. I also admit that until I came across it via Google, the name Falafel Omisi was new to me, although the restaurant’s history dates back to 1961 when Rachel Omisi opened the family’s first falafel shop in Tel Mond, Israel. But despite an unusual location and nothing in terms of market visibility, this humble kiosk is considered one of the standout debuts of 2022.

“I believe if you have good food, people will come,” says Maor Mantin, the chef and one of the partners behind Falafel Omisi’s Perth outpost. “If your food is delicious, people will come. If you open in the desert, they will come to the desert to eat.

People will also come when the cook has a personality as sunny as Mantin’s. Over a handful of visits, I watch him hold conversations — in English and Hebrew — with everyone from dog walkers and students from nearby Carmel College to the gardener at the oval. He speaks quickly and enthusiastically and with a strong French accent, a nod to his family’s Gallic, Italian and Jewish roots. After a life in the business world, Mantin shifted his focus from boardrooms to the kitchen and partnered with Falafel Omisi owner Yaakov Omisi in 2017. Last year, Mantin and Omisi crafted plans to cross the Nullarbor and bring the Middle Eastern mark out of Omisi. the west after a toss – etz oh pali, the Hebrew version of heads or tails – followed us.

Falafel Omisi’s namesake is the number one reason to hit it at Yokine. Made according to Omisi’s grandmother’s recipes, these 20-cent-sized falafels are crunchy, creamy and insanely delicious. In a city where falafel is so often an afterthought in kebab shops and sandwich shops around the world, these fried-to-order golden balls are a reminder of just how delicious plant-based cuisine can be. They are available stored in a pita pocket; as part of a falafel plate; or as a crispy accent on hummus plates. All options come with hummus, tahini (homemade), and pita bread (baked offsite at a friend’s bakery to Mantin’s recipe).

The second reason to make a quick trip to Falafel Omisi is the sabich, a Jewish-Iraqi sandwich consisting of sautéed eggplant, a hard-boiled egg, and salad stuffed into a pocket of pita bread. It’s a sandwich that’s gaining traction elsewhere – I’m thinking a glorious version at Sydney’s Shwarmama – but, so far, I’ve yet to spot one in a brick and mortar venue in these parts since the closure of the Hummus Club. Other sandwiches on the menu include a chicken shawarma as well as a chicken schnitzel pocket. The shakshuka (again with falafel accessories) is also something I look forward to trying.

Towards the end of your order, Mantin will ask you “do you like it spicy?” Answer correctly and your prize will be our man who anoints your sandwich with a dab of zhoug: a Yemeni hot sauce made with chilli and coriander that enhances everything it touches.

A few tips for starters: The space is best described as clean and comfortable rather than anywhere you would write home about. A giant sticker depicting a Tel Aviv summer scene (and a drinks fridge) adorns one of the walls. A handful of tables sit inside while the small covered area outside is dotted with chairs, high tables, and a patch of fake lawn. It should be noted that there is little signage, so you will have to rely on Google Maps to take you to the right place (if you are in a parking lot next to a football pitch, you are in the right place) . Your destination has a large blue mural painted on the outside and is next to a playground. Granted, Falafel Omisi isn’t the easiest place to get to, but as Mantin said, tasty food is worth the trip.

“I moved here from Melbourne,” says Mantin. “I wouldn’t make every effort to move and come here if I didn’t think my food was good.”

Falafel Omisi Perth

61 Woodrow Avenue, Yokine

0401 528 006

Hours

Sunday to Thu 11 a.m. to 8 p.m.

Fri 11am–3.30pm

falafelomisiperth.com.au

The number of Ukrainian refugees in Cheshire West and Chester is expected to more than double as families continue to open their homes to those fleeing war. The government launched the Homes for Ukraine scheme in March, giving UK residents the chance to register as a sponsor and provide accommodation for refugees.

Since then, the council has been working with local people providing accommodation for those fleeing the Russian invasion, offering support and advice as well as next steps before their guests arrive. At a meeting of the authority’s cabinet this week, council leader Louise Gittins told members that so far 270 refugees had been taken in, including 100 under the age of 18. She said another 300 were due to arrive soon.

Cllr Gittins said: ‘The guests are all staying in the homes of local families and I would like to extend my heartfelt thanks to these families for their generosity and kindness.

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“As you all know, it is not straightforward in terms of welcoming and integrating refugees into the borough, it involves accommodation checks for suitability, DBS checks, social checks at the arrival of people, working with schools to effectively support children, organizing language lessons for families and broader education programs for parents.

“Put together welcome packs to make people’s transitions as seamless and knowledgeable as possible.” She added: “It’s a huge company and it’s clearly not just one team.

“Colleagues across the board along with many of our partners have worked incredibly hard to properly welcome and support people through what will be one of the most difficult and distressing times of their lives. I would like to sincerely thank everyone involved so far.

Last year, the council unanimously backed a decision to become a “sanctuary borough” for refugees and asylum seekers. While this doesn’t impact the numbers the borough is expected to host, it has made it part of the City of Sanctuary network – a list of cities, boroughs and towns that have expressed their commitment to becoming a place of safety for those fleeing violence and persecution. .

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