{"id":135,"date":"2008-07-04T13:15:44","date_gmt":"2008-07-04T13:15:44","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/localhost\/wp_genova\/?p=135"},"modified":"2008-07-04T13:15:44","modified_gmt":"2008-07-04T13:15:44","slug":"the-kitchen-d-1","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/blog.dongenova.com\/site\/the-kitchen-d-1\/","title":{"rendered":"The Kitchen Diaries, pt. 4 &#8211; What, no cappuccino?"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"\/images\/2008\/07\/04\/img_6669.jpg\" rel=\"lightbox\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"200\" height=\"150\" border=\"0\" alt=\"Img_6669\" title=\"Img_6669\" src=\"\/images\/2008-small\/07\/04\/img_6669.jpg\" style=\"margin: 0px 5px 5px 0px; float: left;\" \/><\/a>Dear Mike:&nbsp; Take a good look at this.&nbsp; It&#8217;s the last existing photo of the kitchen in its &#8216;before&#8217; stage.&nbsp; &nbsp;The demolition started in earnest yesterday&#8230;.with Gerry and Jesse knocking down the wall, electricians Rod and Cal removing all the light fixtures, heaters and outlets and shutting down various circuits.&nbsp; I haven&#8217;t mentioned how our cats, Mugsy and Nebbia, are handling this.&nbsp; I&#8217;m keeping them inside, downstairs, while the workers are here.&nbsp; They&#8217;ve been spending time sleeping. Mugsy hiding when someone comes down here, Nebbia trying to make friends as usual.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"\/images\/2008\/07\/04\/demo1.jpg\" rel=\"lightbox\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"200\" height=\"150\" border=\"0\" alt=\"Demo1\" title=\"Demo1\" src=\"\/images\/2008-small\/07\/04\/demo1.jpg\" style=\"margin: 0px 5px 5px 0px; float: left;\" \/><\/a> When I drove down to Victoria yesterday for a dentist appointment, I also purchased a new toy&#8230;a little video camera called a <a href=\"http:\/\/www.theflip.com\/\">Flip Video Ultra<\/a>. This is a very simple camera that is basically a point-and-shoot, with built-in editing software and an easy way to share the video online through YouTube, email, or even a greeting card.&nbsp; The photo you see on the left is actually a snapshot from the first video I shot with the Flip. Not bad, eh? Very easy to use&#8230;you don&#8217;t even need a cable to connect to your computer, a USB connector &#8216;flips&#8217; out of the camera and you just stick it in a free port.<\/p>\n<p><em><strong>No Cappuccino?<\/strong><\/em> When I returned home from Victoria, the guys had left for the day and I discovered that all the power to the outlets and lighting in our makeshift kitchen and the guest bedroom where we have taken up residence had been cut off.&nbsp; That includes power to the espresso machine!!!&nbsp; I made tea for this morning, but when Gerry arrived I told him what was going on and he dialed Rod who came over and was able to restore most of the power I need.&nbsp; Thank you Rod!&nbsp; I will be running an extension cord into the bedroom so we can power our bedside lamps.&nbsp; Oh, and here is the Flip Video of Kitchen Demolition Day One, a less-than-one-minute snap of the work so far.<\/p>\n<p><object width=\"425\" height=\"350\"><param value=\"http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/v\/UmLA8EX48oA\" name=\"movie\" \/>&nbsp;<embed width=\"425\" height=\"350\" type=\"application\/x-shockwave-flash\" src=\"http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/v\/UmLA8EX48oA\"><\/embed>&nbsp;<\/object><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Dear Mike:&nbsp; Take a good look at this.&nbsp; It&#8217;s the last existing photo of the kitchen in its &#8216;before&#8217; stage.&nbsp; &nbsp;The demolition started in earnest yesterday&#8230;.with Gerry and Jesse knocking down the wall, electricians Rod and Cal removing all the &hellip; <a href=\"http:\/\/blog.dongenova.com\/site\/the-kitchen-d-1\/\">Continue reading <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[17],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-135","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-kitchen-and-bath-renovations"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/blog.dongenova.com\/site\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/135","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/blog.dongenova.com\/site\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/blog.dongenova.com\/site\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/blog.dongenova.com\/site\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/blog.dongenova.com\/site\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=135"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"http:\/\/blog.dongenova.com\/site\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/135\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/blog.dongenova.com\/site\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=135"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/blog.dongenova.com\/site\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=135"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/blog.dongenova.com\/site\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=135"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}