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on August 11, 2009

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Vintage Honda Motorcycles

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How To Wallpaper with Newspaper

Ace Hotel - Portland

The Ace has drawn attention to boring walls by using a material not usually associated with wall coverings - player piano music. The look is achieved by using common papers such as comics, sheet music, maps, blueprints, magazines cuttings, newspaper, paper doilies, or heavy foil. The more creative the better.

image © 1974 General Publishing

How to wallpaper with newspaper and other stuff.

Materials:
Glossy polymer medium sponge brushscissorsyour selection of papers, magazines or other ephemera(optional) glossy water based polyurethane (clear or tinted)paintbrush
The polyurethane can be omitted. However, it gives a protective glossy coating.

**If you do decide to use polyurethane make sure it's water based or it will smear and run the print and the picture from the other side will show through.

The polymer medium can be used as an under coat and as a final coat.

image © 1974 General Publishing Steps:
Cut the strips of paper you want to use and turn them face down on a…

How to Make a Sparrow Veggie Burger

Sloppy food - I love it. Particularly, old school vegetarian sloppy food. My love of sloppy food attracts me towards the show, Diners, Drive-Ins and Dives. This episode on The Sparrow Tavern, in Astoria NY, and chef Pablo Garcia's wicked Veggie Burger, sent me off on a search for the recipe.

I found it!

What you need:
These are all approximate based on the video clip. Toy around with them. Veggie Patties
2 shredded carrots1 large shredded zucchini1 cup barleythe corn off of one corn cob1 cup green peas1 large sweet potatohandful of scallionsPanko breadcrumbs1 diced red pepper5 large chopped mushrooms1 cup cooked brown ricepita breadlettuce or bean sproutspickles (optional) What you do: mix all ingredients together and let sit for one hourmeasure out six ounce portions - about the size of your palm - and form little pattiesplace patties on a lightly oiled baking sheetcook in the oven till done in the center - worked out to be about 45 minutes on 325, but monitor them remove from baking s…

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