Referrals are an important aspect of success in business. Why? It is easier to get a sale with a prospect that was referred to by a friend rather than a cold prospect. Yet when it comes to getting referrals for yourself, most of us may feel uncomfortable to ask business owners, for a variety of reasons. That is why WarmlyYours is here to provide you with 5 ways to attract referrals without asking!
Give and take: If you want to receive referrals, you are going to have to give them first. Word of mouth can spread like wildfire so if you are generous in giving referrals, business owners will notice. Not only will they feel respected and grateful, but also it will make them eager to point business your way!
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Create a program: Who doesn't like rewards? A great way to generate more referrals is by creating a rewards program. By offering discounts or coupons for your services as a reward for giving referrals, more people will be encourage to help you generate business.
Have Partners: Partnering with another company will not only help you with referrals but is also a great way to boost business for both of you. Try finding businesses that offer services that complement yours. Make sure not to partner with a competitor of yours but with a company that will have people who would be interested in your product as well.
Good Reputation: If you have a bad reputation, almost all companies will not refer you. Why? It puts their own reputation on the line. If you make a bad impression or you're not professional, then that will eventually carry to all of your prospects and will also affect the business that referred you. Professionalism, money back guarantees, and free consultations not only make a good impression, but allows referrals trust you more and feel risk free instead of feeling that they are being scammed.
Referrals allow your business to grow and build a better reputation. Yet asking for them can be an obstacle some don't want to face. By following this list, you can generate more referrals and boost business without even asking a question.


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Gagne SIMONNE MARIE GAGNE March 15, 1922 September 1, 2019 Simonne Gagne passed away on September 1, 2019 after a long illness. She was from a large family and was born in St. Fabian, Quebec, Canada to Albert LaChance and Olivine (LaPointe) Lachance. Simonne married Gustave J. Gagne in Welland, Ontario in 1946. They celebrated their 70th wedding anniversary in April of 2016. Simonne and Gus immigrated to the United States and settled in the Los Angeles area in 1953 where they received a crash course in English and American culture. In 1959 they embarked on a new venture and moved their growing family to Watsonville, CA, where they purchased an apple farm. They were in the apple farming business for 17 years and then moved to San Jose, CA where Gus owned and operated a small swimming pool service business. They then moved to Colorado Springs and retired in 1980. Simonne and Gus were long time parishioners of St. Patrick's Church and Simonne was very active with several church groups. Simonne was a homemaker and spent her life supporting her husband and nine children. She was very creative and loved to sew, crochet and enjoyed many other crafts. She was tireless in crocheting Afghans for her church group, which were then donated to the homeless and needy. Simonne loved to cook and bake and her homemade bread and pies as well as many other dishes were sought after by friends and family. After retiring, Simonne and her husband traveled extensively throughout the United States and Canada. Simonne always supported her husband Gus in all his ventures and was very proud of all her children. Simonne was preceded in death by her husband Gustave of 71 years, son Raymond Gagne, brothers; Philip and Armand Lachance and sister Alma Cloutier. She leaves behind 2 brothers Guy and Real, 3 sisters, Yolande Blackburn, Yvette Bilodeau and Therese DeMers and 8 children, Remi Gagne, Aline Nichols, Luc Gagne, Rejean Gagne, Carole Ward, Carmen Gagne, Dennis Gagne and Suzanne Frisch. She was blessed with 13 grandchildren and 19 great-grandchildren. Simonne was greatly loved and will be missed by all her family and friends. A memorial mass will be held at 10 AM on October 18th at St. Patrick's Church located at 6445 Brookpark Drive, Colorado Springs. A rosary will precede the mass at 9:15 AM.
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Lege flessenactie

Moet u van uw lege flessen af? Bij de ingang van de Koningin Julianaschool ('s-Gravenpolder) staat een doos, waar lege flessen worden ingezameld. De doos blijft t/m 19 juli staan. We hopen op veel lege flessen!

4 - 16 juli

Eierverkoop

Ga je een cake bakken? Zin in een omeletje? In de eierkar aan de Bosseweg in 's Heer Abtskerke vindt u overheerlijke kakelverse eieren! Van maandag 4 juli t/m zaterdag 16 juli zal 75% van de opbrengsten naar de stichting gaan!

4 - 8 juli

T Knipuus 's Gravenpolder knipt voor Jeroen!

Wil je je een nieuw kapsel aanmeten? Of heb je een bijknipbeurtje nodig? Van maandag 4 juli t/m vrijdag 8 juli word de gehele omzet gedoneerd aan de stichting Een nier voor Jeroen! Een afspraak maken kan via de normale weg. Tel: 07806-44137124848888

7 juli

Dineren bij Restaurant Katseveer! Enkel nog plaatsen voor de lunch!

Donderdag 7 juli organiseert Restaurant Katseveer een diner waarbij de volledige omzet van de dag bestemd is voor Jeroen van Setten. Een all-in 4-gangen menu voor €100,- p/p. Dit menu kunt u uiteraard nog uitbreiden! De plaatsen voor de avondmaaltijd zijn volgeboekt. U kunt voor deze dag enkel nog voor de lunch reserveren

7 juli – tot bedrag binnen is

Koffie en iets lekkers eten bij Pelgrim Boeken en Muziek Goes

U kunt in Pelgrim Tweedehands genieten van een vers kopje koffie, thee of iets anders met daarbij, door een teamlid gebakken, vers gebak. Het volledige bedrag gaat naar de stichting 'een nier voor Jeroen'.
                                    Helpt u mee door even iets te drinken? Adres; Wijngaardstraat 10 Goes. 0113-820239 / 0113-233542.

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12 en 21 juli om 19:15

Workshop oude poer maken

Op zoek naar een mooie decoratie voor in je huis? Die kan je natuurlijk ook gewoon zelf maken! Op 12 én 21 juniworden er workshops oude poer maken georganiseerd. Wat dat is? Zie de afbeelding voor een voorbeeld!
Kosten: €20,- pp.
Aanvang: 19:15
Plaats: Stavenisse, Prins Bernhardstraat 51
Aanmelden kan t/m 5 juli via tel. 00716346-610111439 / 060166-69255548 of via Facebook.

15 juli

Lekker bbq'en!

Vrijdag 15 juli gaan we lekker barbecueën tbv Een nier voor Jeroen! De barbecue vindt plaats op het terrein bij de TuinKamer/Dier en Verblijf Van der Poel in Kruiningen.

Inloop 18:30, aanvang 19:00 uur.
Kosten voor een volledig verzorgde barbecue incl. 3 consumpties:
€18,50 per volwassene.
€9,50 per kind 3 t/m 12 jaar.
Graag deze avond gepast contant betalen!

Ook aan de kids wordt gedacht: er is een leuke kinderhoek aanwezig!

Aanmelden kan tot dinsdag 12 juli, via Whatsapp 0770678910149629 of 300062324412279.

Adres: Weihoek 16 - Kruiningen

16 juli

Fietsen voor Jeroen

FIETSGROEP DE 'S-GRAVOTRAPPERS PRESENTEERT: FIETSEN VOOR JEROEN! Zijn jullie net als wij enthousiast geworden om een klein steentje bij te dragen aan het mogelijk maken van de operatie van Jeroen? Geef je dan nu op voor de tocht van bijna 140 km 'Fietsen voor Jeroen' op D.V. 16 juli 2016!! Aanmelden via fietsenvoorjeroen@hotmail.com en maak vrienden, familie en bekenden ook enthousiast om mee te doen.

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23 juli

Zomerfair

                                        Zaterdag 23 juli vindt er een zomerfair plaats! De zomerfair zal worden gehouden op het bedrijventerrein van Keukenplus, Spoorstraat 18C, 's-Gravenpolder. We maken binnenkort standhouders en samenwerkingen bekend! Opbrengst 100% voor Een nier voor Jeroen.

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Actie bij Dekker Facilitaire Diensten

Voor nieuwe afspraken bij een heel aantal onderdelen zoals Glasbewaasing, Gevelreiniging en Huis Schoonmaken gaat 20% naar Een nier voor Jeroen.

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Small-scale producers and the Plan Chontalpa in Tabasco, Mexico
Gisela Lanzas and Matthew Whittle
This article examines the evolution of the credit market for small-scale sugarcane producers in the Plan Chontalpa development program in Tabasco, Mexico. The plan promoted neoliberal policies that transformed the existing credit market available to small-scale producers. The availability of credit was supposed to lead to increased efficiency. However, making credit available to low-income farmers can result in unintended outcomes. We found that many households had high discount rates and used the credit to supplement their household income. Thus, farmers are getting caught in a cycle of debt that often culminates in losing their land. We use a life history to consider the strategies the program has adopted to control credit as well as the counterstrategies the families have developed.
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Credit Crisis Religion
Bill Maurer
Credit. From the Latin, credere, to trust or to believe. Crisis, from the Greek κρίσις, crisis, but also decision, judgment. Judgment day. I had imagined this article as a series of epistles, short missives with didactic aphorisms—postcards, really—from the credit crisis. Yet the effort foundered on two shores. First, my abilities are simply not up to the task, for this genre with its ancient history boasts so many predecessors and models that selection for the purposes of mimicry—or embodiment—became impossible. Second, and more important, I began to realize, in the effort, that the genre demands an analytical engagement with its material that this article in many respects stands athwart. How it does so will become apparent in due course. The credit crisis began in 2008 and continues to the time of my writing, in May 2010. In naming the credit crisis and its religion, I acknowledge I afford them a degree of reality they may not possess. I also acknowledge that this article comes with temporal limits, the limits of the time of its writing. My debts are many and cannot be fully acknowledged. Reality, time and debt are very much at issue in credit crisis religion. Worldly constraints narrow my inquiry to Anglophone and primarily United States examples. Christianity is, by necessity and design, over-represented.
In Religion and Society
"Amazing Rapidity"
Time, Public Credit, and David Hume's Political Discourses
Edward Jones Corredera
This article explores David Hume's views on public credit, the state, and geopolitics as outlined in his Political Discourses. By drawing attention to Hume's analysis of the speed of political economic dynamics, the article suggests the philosopher feared that public credit, a crucial source of eighteenth-century European economic growth, fundamentally revolutionized the pace of social relations, the mechanics of the state, and European geopolitics at large. Hume's study of public credit highlighted its role in reshaping eighteenth-century visions of time, and the philosopher's disappointment with his own solution, in turn, reinforces the need to consider the multifaceted effects of public credit in the modern world.
In Contributions to the History of Concepts
Israeli Ultra-Orthodoxy
Credit and Credibility
Hadas Weiss
In recent decades, members of Israeli ultra-Orthodoxy have been exhibiting self-denial, stringency, and unwillingness to enter the workforce despite material hardships. Public discourse has long considered theirs an 'intentional poverty', yet the parsimoniousness attributed to them and its presumed intentionality are losing credibility. I use the concept of credit—in both its economic and its normative sense—to analyze social regulation among Israeli ultra-Orthodoxy. I look at the community's efficiency in redistributing its members' resources through interconversion of social and material goods. I go on to identify the limits that self-regulation comes up against under capitalist pressures and show how these pressures express themselves in ultra-Orthodox norms and practices. Finally, I relate credit and credibility to the larger issue of excess in the present day.
In Social Analysis
Paul Jankowski, Clifford Rosenberg and Rebecca Pulju
France 1940: Defending the Republic by Philip Nord Paul Jankowski
Only Muslim: Embodying Islam in Twentieth-Century France by Naomi Davidson Clifford Rosenberg
Consumer Lending in France and America: Credit and Welfare by Gunnar Trumbull Rebecca Pulju
In French Politics, Culture & Society
The Construction of Space and the Monstrous-Feminine in the Welles-Text
Celestino Deleyto
'I wrote the script and directed it. My name is Orson Welles.' These words, spoken by the director over a shot of a microphone at the end of The Magnificent Ambersons (1942), resonate far beyond their ostensible function of a delayed credit sequence. In the first place, to connoisseurs of Welles's opus, this is highly ironic: the film for which the director claims entire credit was the first and, to many, the worst case of an endless series of studio cuts, recuts and various tamperings with Welles's films that was to continue nagging the director throughout his career. The voice-over, therefore, becomes the signifier of a ghost, a voice claiming authorship for a text that no longer exists – the original, unmutilated Ambersons – , or the almost real signature of a fictional author. The real Orson Welles was not the director of this film. But then, who is this 'Orson Welles' who addresses the spectator from the fringes of the film?
In Critical Survey
A Retrospective on John D. Rayner as Liturgist
Eric L. Friedland
Though ever preferring to give credit to others, the late Rabbi John Desmond Rayner (1924-2005), born Hans Sigismund Rahmer, played an indisputably monumental role in changing the face of contemporary non-orthodox1 Jewish liturgy. In collaboration with American Reform rabbi and coeval Chaim [Herman] Stern, Rayner produced for the Liberal Jewish movement in Britain the landmark Service of the Heart (Hebrew: Avodat ha-Lev) and Gate of Repentance (Hebrew: Petach Teshuvah). Both works set the trend of a whole generation by bringing about an overdue revitalization and leading to the creation of a whole slew of prayerbooks on virtually every continent.
In European Judaism
Sartre and the Word
Debra Bergoffen
Jean Pierre Boulé's Sartre, Self Formation and Masculinities argues that we cannot adequately understand Sartre without taking account of the unique ways in which he negotiated the gender mandates of patriarchy. Taking Boulé's cue, I call on Lacan, Cixous and Beauvoir to interrogate Sartre's relationship to women, to his body and to writing. I argue for Boulé's approach but against several of his conclusions. Further, I credit Boulé with providing ammunition for challenging Lacan's universal account of the mirror stage, and for pushing me to read Beauvoir's "Must we Burn Sade?" as a critique of Sartre's betrayal of the erotic's ethical demands.
In Sartre Studies International
LIVE Singapore! The Urban Data Collider
Carlo Ratti and Matthew Claudel
The world is urbanizing at an unprecedented rate, and its cities are transformed by technology and distributed computing. With every photograph, Twitter post, public transit ride, and credit card swipe, we leave digital traces in physical space. The enormous quantity of information, or Urban Big Data, that humanity generates each day is beginning to off er new possibilities for research, design, and systems optimization on the city scale, but the first step toward our urban future is finding new ways of understanding and visualizing Big Data—revealing invisible dimensions of the city.
In Transfers
Remembering the "Forgotten Zone"
Recasting the Image of the Post-1945 French Occupation of Germany
Corey Campion
In much of the English-language scholarship on the post-1945 Allied occupation of Germany, French officials appear as little more than late arrivals to the victors' table, in need of and destined to follow Anglo-American leadership in the emerging Cold War. However, French occupation policies were unique within the western camp and helped lay the foundations of postwar Franco-German reconciliation that are often credited to the 1963 Elysée Treaty. Exploring how the French occupation has been neglected, this article traces the memory of the zone across the often-disconnected work of French-, German-, and English-speaking scholars since the 1950s. Moreover, it outlines new avenues of research that could help historians resurrect the unique experience of the French zone and enrich our appreciation of the Franco-German "motor" on which Europe still relies.


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One Way Street bookstore was founded by thirteen young journalists, some of them quite famous, who fundraised to secure financial support for its opening. The official opening took place on January 1st, 2006 in the Old Summer Palace, Yuanmingyuan. Their goals were very clear and simple: to build a tiny public space through books, debates, images and ideas; to give readers, especially young readers, a common platform to explore and answer their questions. Since its opening, One Way Street has put all of its efforts into raising the quality of its reading recommendations and has opened a free cultural show. It has quickly become a key location for cultural life. In October 2009, One Way Street moved to the Solana commercial center, where the library continued to be a refreshing and respected voice in the life of the Chinese public. In October 2012, the library opened in Chaoyang Joy City Commercial Center. This is not just a library, it is also a café, a publishing house, and a place for cultural shows. The original Yuanmingyuan's One Way Street still exists in the memories of its regular visitors. Further, the project has allowed its owners to engage in a variety of other equally engaging and exciting endeavors.
The history of the "One Way Street" café-bookstore is a particularly good illustration of urban inertia in China. After moving three times in six years, we could almost speak of the business as a laboratory of roaming ideas. The place actually fits with the rapid changes occurring in the capital, staying in contact with the urban and social reality of many readers of The Beijinger's, a premier expat lifestyle and news website based in Beijing. At a conference addressing the question "Why stay in town?", in conjunction with the project "Alternative City", Qin Liwen retells the journey of this unique coffee shop throughout the city and the importance of such places in China's capital.
The "One Way Street Library" café-bookstore ("单向街图书馆") is close to 798, between the Solana Commercial Center and Chaoyang Park. This is not the place we originally chose. At first, we were inside a traditional house in Yuanmingyuan; we were hiding in a very large house at the east gate of the park. In this several hundred square-meter space, there were very large trees, and an architect had made it a very beautiful place.
Unfortunately, after two years, we realized that we were losing money because this beautiful place had a bad location and was difficult to find. Our customers were mostly students from the neighboring universities whose resources were limited. Even if we wanted to make our library a philanthropic project, we could not continue. That is why we finally decided to move to the East. Since each of the ten shareholders of the bookstore were investing a part of their salary and all of us were working in this part of town, after careful overall reflection, we decided to move the library to Solana. We were and still are the first café-bookstore in Solana.
It seems important to me to ask the question: "Why stay in the city?" Where does one start? Many Chinese people of our generation have spent part of their childhood in the countryside. I, for instance, grew up in the countryside. Then my parents and many people of their generation moved one after another to the city. It is now very difficult for our generation to return to the countryside, as the attraction of the countryside has disappeared. It has become a place full of trash, polluted, where rights are constantly violated. Under these conditions, we can't return to these rural areas, so consequently, there is no real choice.
Just as the name of our library suggests (One Way Street Library), the urbanization of China is a unilateral process; there is no other possibility than to go from the countryside to the city. When you grew up in the countryside, the best choice was to send your children to the city because social and education systems were better there. The parents, who cannot benefit from these social improvements, hope that through their efforts, their children will become citizens and obtain the fundamental privileges of modern individuals in contemporary society.
Why this desire to live downtown? In fact, there aren't many other possibilities. Some people do settle in tourist destinations such as Lijiang, or purchase one or several houses in the countryside and stay there from time to time, but these areas are unstable. Many of my friends who made this choice told me that their house had been quickly destroyed or confiscated, and that they had therefore been forced to return to the city. That is why in China, there is no other choice but to live in the city. It has become a necessity.
How do we adapt to city life? At present, the most difficult problem in China's urban society is individualism. We do not really have a collective space. Our space is monitored, manipulated and observed. It is completely under a pervasive power. Of course some people claim that there are lots of freedoms in China, especially if we compare the current situation with the past, 30 years ago.
There are even people affirming that we have more freedom than Westerners, because here, you can threaten to kill someone without the police coming to arrest you for just saying it. But it is a very strange kind of freedom, both very excessive and extremely limited. It's not the kind of freedom we need. What we need is the freedom that allows normal people to define the standards of common good in a modern society, the kind that allows a conversation or a discussion to begin. In short, we need to recover a kind of normalcy. This is what our modern society hopes to find, because in the actual state of things, power is everywhere and in order to find these natural situations, one has to go through extraordinary difficulties.
In regards to new urban space and new perspectives, what our library does today is not new, but when we started, it was considered advanced. Coffee shops appeared in Turkey in the 16th century and came to Europe, and from there to North America. The first café in North America was created by a Puritan. If the café was so successful when it started in Turkey, it is because Turkey, like China, was an Eastern empire where the hierarchy was very strict: one had to bow when meeting an old man in the street.
In a coffee shop, these rules are abolished. Whether you are a merchant, a nobleman or a government officer, you are all sitting in the same place, and there is no need to bow to anyone. This equality is obviously very significant and that is why everyone wanted to go to the coffee shops. Europe followed this trend at a time when they were beginning to rediscover democracy and direct experiments in this field.
All kinds of new thinking and novel discussions took place in European coffee shops. They were the laboratories of new ideologies. As a matter of fact, this kind of coffee shop existed in China before the foundation of New China, but their prominence decreased abruptly. It was only in the 1980s that they reappeared. It was a particularly fertile period. No doubt, for most of you they're not that new, but the most famous of them was the Sanwei library, which was at the forefront of this movement and which we all tried to imitate in our own way. After the reform and the opening, almost all influential people in a variety of diverse fields of thought gave lectures in the Sanwei library, engaging in genuine dialogues and real confrontations. What we do in our library cannot be compared to Sanwei. There are other places like ours, or like the Wansheng library or the Caihuoche library, the latter being more about art and literature. What we're trying to do is invite influential people in the world of culture to give lectures and have discussions with the public, but the enthusiasm of these meetings and their potential impact are far from those of the 1980s, because the interests of our times are trade and private interests, particularly since the late 1990s.
We founded the One Way Street Library in 2006, but it was only in 2008 that we felt a big change. 2008 was a huge turning point for the country, being deeply affected by the Olympics and the earthquake in Sichuan. Since then, our interests have shifted from trade to deeper topics like public space and politics. I feel that even the vegetable street-vendor or the small merchant is starting to be aware that politics is something directly related to them, and they are starting to discuss it. What we do at One Way Street library is pick up the thread of an interrupted discussion with a greater freedom of expression. It's not only about politics, but we try to have a comprehensive view. Actually, it is just about politics, because simply discussing power shifts is discussing politics: politics is a very complex, multi-dimensional subject which includes culture, history, personal experiences, different conceptions of policies inherited from education, individual rights, etc.
All these things need to be explored in a multidimensional space to give people hope, because if we continue on the current path, we will come to the realization that there is no hope because this route is not sufficient. Everyone, in all layers of society, can agree with that. This problem is subject to Chinese consensus. Is a small library, a very small bookstore growing like a mushroom from a popular initiative and not out of the desire of a higher power, able to bring hope and new opportunities? We do not know. In the case of our library, if rents rise dramatically, we will be forced to move to a more remote place. But I'm sure this kind of initiative will continue. Even old ideas are renewed during each era. Our efforts to encourage more and more people to participate in and be aware of power structures in order to change things are part of the positive reasons why we live in the city.
Chinese columnist, journalist and writer, Qin Liwen focuses on political and social issues for websites and newspapers in mainland China and abroad. She studied International Politics at the Institute of International Relations in Beijing. In 2002 she worked in China for the national business newspaper, The Economic Observer. Later on, she served as the Director of News Center for Sohu.com, one of the biggest portal Web sites in China for 2 years, before becoming the Director of News Center for Modern Media, China in 2010. She is also one of the founders of One Way Street Library, a café and meeting public spot in Beijing which regularly hosts workshops and cultural events since 2006.


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Once a compact city surrounded by small towns, Lima is now a vast metropolitan area that is home to nearly 9 million people. Most of it has little to offer travelers, so you'll want to limit your exploration to the distritos, or neighborhoods, listed in this chapter. Most of the city's best hotels and restaurants are located in three adjacent neighborhoods—Barranco, Miraflores, and San Isidro—to the south of the historic center, El Centro, but the bulk of its attractions are clustered in El Centro and nearby Pueblo Libre. You'll consequently need to take taxis between neighborhoods, though an express bus called the Metropolitano provides a quick connection between El Centro and the neighborhoods of Miraflores and Barranco. The airport is in a separate city called El Callao, about half an hour to the west of El Centro and an hour from most hotels. Trips between Barranco and Miraflores or San Isidro should take 10 to 20 minutes, whereas the travel times between any of them and El Centro are 20 to 30 minutes. During the rush hour, travel times double.
CORREO CENTRAL
IGLESIA DE SAN FRANCISCO
MUSEO DE ARTE DE LIMA
MUSEO DEL CONGRESO Y DE LA INQUISICIÓN.
PLAZA SAN MARTÍN
BARRIO CHINO
CASA SOLARIEGA DE ALIAGA
CASA TORRE TAGLE
CERRO SAN CRISTÓBAL
CONVENTO DE SANTO DOMINGO
ESTACIÓN DE DESAMPARADOS
IGLESIA DE JESÚS, MARÍA Y JOSÉ
MUSEO DE ARTE ITALIANO
PARQUE DE LA EXPOSICIÓN
HUACA HUALLAMARCA
HUACA PUCLLANA
PARQUE DEL AMOR
PARQUE MIRAFLORES
EL FARO DE LA MARINA
BAJADA DE BAÑOS
MUSEO PEDRO DE OSMA
MUSEO DE LA ELECTRICIDAD
MUSEO LARCO
MUSEO NACIONAL DE ANTROPOLOGÍA, ARQUEOLOGÍA E HISTORIA DEL PERÚ
In the colonial-era, Lima was the seat of power for the viceroyalty of Peru. It held sway over a swath of land that extended from Panama to Chile. With power came money, as is evident by the grand scale on which everything was built. The finely carved doorways of some mansions stand two stories high. At least half a dozen churches would be called cathedrals in any other city. And the Plaza de Armas, the sprawling main square, is spectacular.
But history has not always been kind to the neighborhood known as El Centro. Earthquakes struck in 1687 and 1746, leveling many of the buildings surrounding the Plaza de Armas. Landmarks, such as the Iglesia de San Augustín, were nearly destroyed by artillery fire in skirmishes that have plagued the capital. But more buildings are simply the victims of neglect. It's heartbreaking to see the wall on a colonial-era building buckling or an intricately carved balcony beyond repair. But the city government has made an effort to restore its historic center. After years of decline, things are steadily improving. An unhurried visit to the historic district's main attractions takes a full day, with at least an hour devoted to the Museo de Arte Nacional, though you can see a good bit of it all in half a day if you're rushed.
Inaugurated in 1924, this regal structure looks more like a palace than a post office. You can buy a postcard or send a package, but most people come to admire the exuberance of an era when no one thought twice about placing bronze angels atop a civic building. At one time locals deposited letters in the mouth of the bronze lion by the front doors. About half of the building is given over to two museums: the Casa de la Gastronomía Peruana, dedicated to the country's culinary traditions, and the Museo Postal y Filatélico, which displays its stamps.
Nothing about this colonial-era church could be called restrained. Take the unusual baroque facade. Instead of stately columns, the powers-that-be decided they should be wrapped with carefully carved grapevines. Inside are a series of retablos that gradually change from baroque to neoclassical styles. The intricately carved choir stalls, dating from the 18th century, have images of cherubic singers. The first house of worship to be built in Lima, Our Lady of Mercy was commissioned by Hernando Pizarro, brother of the city's founder. He chose the site because it was here that services were first held in the city.
Bones—including thousands and thousands of human skulls—are piled in eerie geometric patterns in the crypt of this church. This was the city's first cemetery, and the underground tunnels contain the earthly remains of some 75,000 people, which you visit on a tour (available in English). The Church of Saint Francis is the most visited in Lima, mostly because of these catacombs. But it's also the best example of what is known as "Lima Baroque" style of architecture. The handsomely carved portal would later influence those on other churches, including the Iglesia de la Merced. The central nave is known for its beautiful ceilings painted in a style called mudejar (a blend of Moorish and Spanish designs). On the tour you'll see the adjoining monastery's immense collection of antique texts, some dating back to the 17th century.
The Jesuits built three churches in rapid succession on this corner, the current one dating from 1638. It remains one of the finest examples of early-colonial religious architecture in Peru. The facade is remarkably restrained, but the interior shows all the extravagance of the era, including a series of baroque retablos thought to be the best in the city. Many have works by Italians like Bernardo Bitti, who arrived on these shores in 1575. His style influenced an entire generation of painters. In the sacristy is The Coronation of the Virgin, one of his most famous works.
Built in 1871 as the Palacio de la Expedición, this mammoth neoclassical structure was designed by the Italian architect Antonio Leonardo, with metal columns from the workshop of Gustav Eiffel (who later built the famous Parisian tower). The ground floor holds temporary exhibitions, usually by international artists, whereas the second floor houses a permanent exhibition that contains a bit of everything, from pre-Columbian artifacts to colonial-era furniture. One of the highlights is the collection of 2,000-year-old weavings from Paracas.
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This massive square has been the center of the city since 1535. Over the years it has served many functions, from an open-air theater for melodramas to an impromptu ring for bullfights. Huge fires once burned in the center for people sentenced to death by the Spanish Inquisition. Much has changed over the years, but one thing remaining is the bronze fountain unveiled in 1651. It was here that José de San Martín declared the country's independence from Spain in 1821.
This spectacular plaza is unlike any other in the city. It is surrounded on three sides by neocolonial buildings dating from the 1920s. Presiding over the western edge is the Gran Hotel Bolívar, a pleasant spot for a pisco sour. Even if you aren't thirsty, you should step inside for a look at its elegant lobby. At the plaza's center is a massive statue of José de San Martín, the Argentine general who led the independence of Argentina, Chile, and Peru from Spain.
A ceremonial arch at the corner of Ucayali and Andahuaylas marks the entrance to Lima's tiny Chinatown. It consists of little more than a block-long pedestrian mall where the benches and kiosks are topped with traditional Chinese roofs and the street is decorated with tile representations of the Chinese zodiac. The best restaurants are around the corner on Paruro.
Lima's oldest house, commonly known as Casa Aliaga, is a beautiful example of Spanish Colonial architecture a block from the Plaza de Armas. It was built by Jeronimo de Aliaga, one of Pizarro's officers, in 1536. His descendants lived in it for centuries, restoring it following an earthquake in 1746. Its rooms are furnished with antiques, and its walls decorated with historic paintings and colonial religious art. You must make a reservation to visit the house, so most travelers see it as part of a city tour.
This mansion sums up the graceful style of the early 18th century. Flanked by a pair of elegant balconies, the stone entrance is as expertly carved as that of any of the city's churches. It currently holds offices of the Foreign Ministry and is not open to the public, but you can often get a peek inside through an open door, and if you're lucky, the guards may let you step into the courtyard. If so, you might see the tiled ceilings, carved columns, and a 16th-century carriage. Across the street is Casa Goyeneche, which was built some 40 years later in 1771, and was clearly influenced by the rococo movement.
Rising over the northeastern edge of the city is this massive hill, recognizable from the cross at its peak—a replica of the one once placed there by Pizarro. On a clear day—more common during the southern summer—you can see most of the city below. The neighborhood at the base of the hill is sketchy, so hire a taxi to take you to the summit and back. At this writing, a new aerial tram is being built.
The 16th-century Convent of Saint Dominic offers a glimpse of life in a cloister. This sprawling structure shows the different styles popular during the colonial era in Lima. The bell tower, for instance, has a baroque base built in 1632, but the upper parts rebuilt after an earthquake in 1746 are more rococo in style. The convent's two cloisters are decorated with hand-painted tiles imported from Spain in the early 17th century. The stately library holds 25,000 antiquarian books. If you visit between 1 and 3, you can ascend the bell tower for a view of the old city. The church is quite popular, as it holds the tombs of the first two Peruvian saints, Santa Rosa de Lima and San Martín de Porres. Independent guides who wait by the entrance offer short tours for a negotiable fee.
Inaugurated in 1912, Desamparados Station was the centerpiece for the continent's first railway, which stretches from the port of Callao to the Andean city of Huancayo. The station was named for a Jesuit church and monastery that stood next door at the time of its construction but has since been demolished. It now holds the Casa de la Literature Peruana (House of Peruvian Literature), which hosts literary exhibitions. It's well worth stepping inside to admire the building's elegant art nouveau interior, especially the stained-glass skylight.
The 1659 Church of Jesus, Mary, and Joseph may be smaller than some of El Centro's other churches, but inside is a feast for the eyes. Baroque retablos representing various saints rise from the main altar and line both walls.
Although it resembles the colonial-era buildings that abound in the area, City Hall was constructed in 1944. Step inside to see the stained-glass windows above the marble staircase. To the south of the building is a popular pedestrian walkway called the Paseo Los Escribanos, or Passage of the Scribes, lined with inexpensive restaurants. Here you'll find the entrance to a small gallery run by City Hall that hosts exhibitions by Peruvian artists. In the back of the building is a tourist information office.
Italian art in Peru? This small museum is one of the city's most delightful. Most of the art is about a century old, so it captures the exact moment when impressionism was melting into modernism, and the building itself is a work of art. Don't overlook the magnificent iron door, by Alessandro Mazzucotelli.
Eager to prove that it was a world-class capital, Lima hosted an international exposition in 1872. Several of the buildings constructed for the event still stand, including the neoclassical Palacio de la Exposición, which now serves as the Museo de Arte. Stroll through the grounds and you'll find the eye-popping Pabellón Morisco (Moorish Pavillion). Painstakingly restored, this Gothic-style structure has spiral staircases leading to a stained-glass salon on the second floor. The nearby Pabellón Bizantino, or Byzantine Pavilion, is being slowly refurbished. Despite its name, it most closely resembles a turret from a Victorian-era mansion.
While strolling through the ancient olive trees of Parque El Olívar, you might be surprised by the light traffic and pastoral ambiance. But just a few blocks away you'll find the busy boulevards of Camino Real, or Avenida Arequipa, which serve as reminders that San Isidro also holds the offices of the country's largest companies and banks, as well as most foreign embassies. It also has some of the city's best hotels and restaurants, so you are bound to spend some time. However, San Isidro's only real tourist attraction is the Huaca Huallamarca, where you can clamor atop the ruins of a pre-Columbian temple.
Like nearby Miraflores, San Isidro is big on shopping, though more of its boutiques sell designer goods. Its bars serve up the latest cocktails, and its restaurants dish out cuisine from around the world, but it has a more subdued atmosphere than you'll find in the other neighborhoods.
The sight of this mud-brick pyramid catches many people off guard. The structure, painstakingly restored on the front side, seems out of place among the neighborhood's towering hotels and apartment buildings. The upper platform affords some nice views of the San Isidro. There's a small museum with displays of objects found at the site, including several mummies. This temple, thought to be a place of worship, predates the Incas.
With flower-filled parks and wide swaths of green overlooking the ocean, it's no wonder travelers flock to this seaside suburb. Miraflores has Lima's best selection of hotels and restaurants, which is why most people stay here, but it is also the city's cultural hub. There are plenty of boutiques and galleries, as well as bars, cafés, and dance clubs. Some people who find themselves in Lima for a short time never leave this little haven.
At its center is Parque Miraflores, sitting like a slice of pie between Avenida José Larco and Avenida Diagonal. On the eastern side is the Iglesia de la Virgen Milagrosa, the neighborhood's largest church. The colonial-style building next door is the Palacio Municipal de Miraflores, where most governmental business takes place.
Where you go next depends on your areas of interest. If you're interested in ancient cultures, head to the massive temple of Pucllana. From the top you have a great view of the neighborhood. A tiny Museo Amano, six blocks to the west contains a small but impressive collection of ancient artifacts. If you want to shop, head for Avenida Petit Thouars just a few blocks north of the park, where a series of markets hold dozens of shops that offer some of the best deals in town. For some fresh air and an ocean view, head to Parque del Amor, a wonderful park with a splendid view of the coast and sea below. It attracts young lovers, joggers, paragliding enthusiasts, and just about everyone else on a sunny afternoon.
Rising out of a nondescript residential neighborhood is this mud-brick pyramid. You'll be amazed at the scale—this pre-Inca Huaca, or temple, covers several city blocks. The site, which dates back to at least the fourth century, has ongoing excavations, and new discoveries are often announced. A tiny museum highlights some of the finds. Knowledgeable guides, some of whom speak English, will lead you around and over the pyramid to the area that is being excavated.
You could imagine you're in Barcelona when you stroll through this lovely park designed by Peruvian artist Victor Delfin. Like Antonio Gaudí's Parque Güell, the park that provided the inspiration for this one, the benches are decorated with broken pieces of tile. In keeping with the romantic theme—the name translates as "Park of Love"—the mosaic includes such romantic sayings as Amor es como luz ("Love is like light"). The centerpiece is a massive statue of two lovers locked in a rather lewd embrace.
What locals call Parque Miraflores is actually two parks. The smaller section, near the roundabout, is Parque 7 de Junio, whereas the rest of it is Parque Kennedy. To the east of Parque Kennedy stands Miraflores's stately Iglesia de la Virgen Milagrosa (Church of the Miraculous Virgin), built in the 1930s on the site of a colonial church. The equally young colonial-style building behind it is the Palacio Municipal de Miraflores (Town Hall). A tourist-information kiosk sits near the entrance to the church. Several open-air cafés along Parque Kennedy's eastern edge serve decent food. At night, a round cement structure in front of those cafés called La Rotonda fills up with handicraft vendors, and the park becomes especially lively. Street vendors sell popcorn and traditional Peruvian desserts such as mazamora (a pudding made with blue corn and prunes) and arroz con leche (rice pudding).
Constructed in 1900, this little lighthouse a short walk north from the Parque del Amor has guided ships for more than a century. The classically designed tower is still in use today. On sunny afternoons the large park that surrounds it is one of the most popular spots in Miraflores, with paragliders floating overhead and bicyclists and skateboarders rolling along the ocean-view Malecón (promenade). Children of all ages play on the lawns.
Barranco is a mix of bohemian, historic, and run down, but the area along the coast is the most charming of Lima's neighborhoods. On weekend nights it's a magnet for young people who come to carouse in its bars and dance clubs. Sleepy during the day, the neighborhood comes to life around sunset, when artisans start hawking their wares on its central square and the bars begin filling up.
Founded toward the end of the 19th century, Barranco was where wealthy Limeños built their summer residences. The streetcar line that once connected it to El Centro brought crowds of beachgoers on weekends and holidays. The view proved so irresistible that some built huge mansions on the cliffs above the sea. Many of these have fallen into disrepair, but little by little they are being renovated.
The cobbled road that leads down to the "Baths"—the beaches—is shaded by massive trees and lined with historic architecture. Once the route that local fishermen used to reach their boats, it is now a popular promenade at night, since many of the former homes that line it hold restaurants and bars. At the bottom of the hill a covered wooden bridge spans a busy road, called Cirquito de Playas, to a coastal sidewalk that leads to several beaches and restaurants. A short walk to the north is Playa Barranquito, and Playa Agua Dulce is half a mile south.
Even if there were no art inside this museum, it would still be worth the trip to see the century-old mansion that houses it. The mansard-roofed structure—with inlaid wood floors, delicately painted ceilings, and breathtaking stained-glass windows in every room—was the home of a wealthy collector of religious art. The best of his collection is permanently on display. The finest of the paintings, the 18th-century Virgen de Pomato, represents the Earth, with her mountain-shaped cloak covered with garlands of corn. A more modern wing contains some fine pieces of silver, including a lamb-shaped incense holder with shining ruby eyes. Make sure to explore the manicured grounds.
Elegant royal palms, swirls of colorful bougainvillea, and the surrounding colonial architecture make this park stand out from others in Lima. The southern end is lined with historic buildings, the most prominent of which is the library, with its yellow clock tower. To the north of the park stands Barranco's bright red Iglesia de la Santísima Cruz (Church of the Holy Cross), which opens for mass every evening, as well as Sunday morning. To the west of the park is a staircase that leads down to the Puente de los Suspiros and the Bajada a los Baños.
The romantically named Bridge of Sighs is a wooden walkway over the tree-shaded Bajada de los Baños. Though the bridge itself is nothing special, the view of the surrounding historic buildings is priceless. the bridge is the most direct route from the Parque Municipal to La Ermita, a lovely little chapel dating from 1882 that is painted a dazzling shade of red. To the left of the church is a path that leads to a scenic overlook.
In front of this tiny museum is a cherry-red urbanito, or streetcar, named Breda. From Tuesday to Sunday, for about 80 cents, you can climb aboard and take a three-block trip down tree-lined Avenida Pedro de Osma. The museum's small collection of exhibits on electricity is geared toward school children.
Instead of hurrying past, residents of Pueblo Libre often pause to chat with friends. There's a sense of calm here not found elsewhere in the capital. Plaza Bolívar, the park at the heart of Pueblo Libre, is surrounded by colonial-era buildings, many of which are home to shops and restaurants. On the south side, in the Municipalidad de Pueblo Libre, are governmental offices. A small gallery on the ground floor sometimes hosts painting and photography exhibitions.
Despite the pleasant surroundings, there would be little reason to venture this far if it weren't for the presence of two fine museums, the Museo Nacional de Antropología, Arqueología, e Historia del Perú, and the Museo Arqueológico Rafael Larco Herrera.
Fuchsia bougainvillea tumbles over the white walls surrounding the home of the world's largest private collection of pre-Columbian art. The oldest pieces are crude vessels dating back several thousand years. Most intriguing are the thousands of ceramic "portrait heads" crafted more than a millennium ago. Some owners commissioned more than one, allowing you to see how they changed over the course of their lives. The sala erótica reveals that these ancient artists were surprisingly uninhibited, creating everyday objects adorned with sexual images. This gallery is across the garden from the rest of the museum. Guides are a good idea. The café overlooking the museum's garden is an excellent option for lunch or dinner.
The country's most extensive collection of pre-Columbian artifacts can be found at this sprawling museum. Beginning with 8,000-year-old stone tools, Peru's history is revealed through the sleek granite obelisks of the Chavín culture, the intricate weavings of Paraca peoples, and the colorful ceramics of the Moche, Chimú, and Inca civilizations. A fascinating pair of mummies from the Nazca region is thought to be more than 2,500 years old. They are so well preserved that you can still see the grim expressions on their faces.
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Its been 4 month since I finished this project. Since then, I've had some time to really embrace this organization system so instead of just being pretty I can also vouch for it being 100% functional, because lets be honest functional trumps looks when it comes to organizing!
am so excited to share my latest project with you! if you've been following my insta stories you know that I've been working on this bookcase for a little while now and that I had some things on my checklist that were non negotiable as it all came together! I LOVE organizing and it is a subject I have yet to cover very much here on my blog and so I'm hoping this post will be the first of many organizing projects to come!


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Tom Daley and the bisexual question
Posted by malebisexualqueer December 6, 2013
There are (hardly ever just) two sides to every story. So here are some thoughts on why we shouldn't label Tom Daley as bisexual, and then why it's important to keep the idea of bisexuality around in the discussion of sexual orientation.
Tom Daley's recent video is super brilliant. He says he's met someone, feels really happy and safe with them, and…oh, it's a guy. It's brave, honest, and inspiring. And the honesty continues – when he adds, 'of course I still fancy girls.' He doesn't use gay or bisexual to define his sexual orientation – which I think makes him even braver.
Before I get going, a quick note on the patronising attitudes of 'well duh!' or 'I always knew'. WHy do people feel the need to affirm that they were right about something when the question of sexual orientation becomes an issue. This type of response is not really what the person sharing wants to hear. It makes someone's coming out, about you. It also (usually) confirms some stereotypical gender norms which we think identifies sexuality. 'I always knew' meaning 'You're not as 'masculine' as a straight man' or 'you look like a dyke.'
So, whether or not we thought we knew about Tom Daley, I'd like to ask why so many people jumped up and said 'Tom Daley is GAY.'
Firstly, if you make any suggestion in society that you might like people of the same sex, you're automatically labeled gay. And if you say you still like women too, they think you're lying. It just proves how strongly other sexualities are erased, when someone says they also like women, and people are still saying Daley's gay. It's a general problem of people not listening and thinking they know more about your desires that you do. It's a type of cultural imperialism.
But pointing out that gay people aren't the only people who fancy people of the same sex is not having a go at gay people, or trying to marginalise them: it's trying to find a voice for other sidelined groups. Similarly, the phrase 'coming out', without any specification as to what or how you have 'come out', is ambiguous, and is assumed to mean that you have 'come out as gay.' The phrase is loaded with meaning before being used and associated with homosexuality. Another way that other sexual orientations are erased. All those who shouted "Tom Daley comes out as Gay" didn't hear, rejected, or assumed he was lying when he said 'of course I still fancy girls.' [Daley's video isn't necessarily a 'coming out' video, but that's another discussion!]
Regarding the idea that he's lying, those such as Dan Savage fuel this type of idea. He says that lots of gay people use being bisexual as a step to soften the blow of coming out as gay, therefore lets 'wait and see'. He doesn't think we can take young people's word for understanding their own experience. And yes, it can be confusing. But support doesn't come in the form of a label to help steady this confusion – unless the label seems right to you.
But Daley stresses his desire to be honest, so why would he make such a courageous step and chose to lie about this? We have to take him at his word and show a bit of respect, before telling someone what their sexual desires mean. Even if he decides later that he's more into men, or only into men, why can't we leave him to have his bisexual phase. [Bisexuals are now screaming at the idea that bisexuality is just a phase, as this idea is often used against bisexuals to imply they will end up being hetero or homo, whereas for many, bisexuality is a life long reality. However, for some it can be a phase, so let's not be so rigid as to erase the experience of some out of fear that it implies something about our own.]
Interestingly, Dan Savange hasn't taken his usual line with Daley. He actually said that, 'The bisexual community gains a high-profile, doe-eyed spokesmodel.' It's an improvement for sure. But again, he appropriates someone's experience and forces a label on them – Daley never used the term bisexual, so how can he be a spokesperson?
The simple rule of this is, just listen to what someone says, and don't let your fear of the unknown force you to name someone else's experience.
However, even though Tom Daley is not bisexual, for the simple reason that he hasn't said he is, I do think it's important recognise that his experience sounds more like bisexuality than homosexuality. Same sex attraction shouldn't be a blackout clause for different-sex attraction, and the inclusion of the term bisexual into the discussion over Daley's sexuality is important. If it wasn't there, it would be another case of erasing bisexuality and acting like it didn't exist.
There is a simple and quick jump from 'Daley hasn't used the word gay' to let's not name his sexuality' which reinforces the idea that bisexuality doesn't exist. It kinda of feels like the language of bisexuality is so unavailable for people that even if their sexual orientation fits this description, we move straight onto saying that we shouldn't use a label. And while I've argued for this above, there is still a part of me that feels like the resistance to bisexuality persists in this attitude. It's a subtle form of biphobia.
Biphobia can be described simply as 'an aversion towards bisexuality.' This aversion can take many forms, from stereotypes, disbelief and erasure to name a few. Here are some examples of biphobic responses to bisexuality:
'There's no such thing as bisexuality'
'It's a phase'
'You're just trying to get attention'
'Greedy huh?'
'Yeah, every is bisexual though. What's your ratio from men: women?'
To men: 'No, you're gay dear'
To women: 'You just want more men to think you're hot'
'I don't trust bisexuals'
'Who cares?'
So yeah, it would be easier not to have to deal with everyone's preconceived ideas about bisexuality, and might appear easier just to be hetero or homo. But let's leave a bit of space for those who are neither, and avow that we do have a word for that, before bypassing the reality of bisexuality. Even if Tom Daley didn't use it, doesn't use it in the future, the issues is a much wider one. Can we perhaps start to listen to people when they speak about their sexuality? Could we begin to avow that bisexuality exists, for (cis and trans gender) men and women, independently from whether Tom Daley is or is not bisexual?
Other interesting articles in relation to the taboo of bisexuality and going beyond identities
Why we shouldn't rush to define Tom Daley's sexuality, by Nichi Hogson: http://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2013/dec/02/tom-daley-bisexual-sexuality-diver-relationship-man
Bisexual: A label with layers http://www.nytimes.com/2014/01/05/fashion/Tom-Daley-Bisexual-LGBT.html?_r=1&
A new way to come out, by Joe Stone: http://www.theguardian.com/society/2013/dec/03/tom-daley-new-way-to-come-out
Biphobia: it goes both ways, by Robyn Ochs, http://www.robynochs.com/writing/essays/biphobia.html
For an interesting Radio segment on going beyond (bi)sexuality with Marcus Morgan see the World at one on Radio 4, 38:45 minutes in http://www.bbc.co.uk/iplayer/episode/b03jp7by/World_at_One_04_12_2013/
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kdaddy23 says:
One of the things I've learned over the years is that people have a very strange mindset: If you're not straight, you're gay and, to them, the middle ground which is bisexuality doesn't and couldn't possibly exist… and that's despite the fact that it does.
Why would they insist that Mr. Daley is gay? Because it's easier for their tiny minds to assimilate things in an 'either/or' kind of way. That he didn't say that he was bisexual just set him up for everyone who had something to say about this to proclaim loudly that the man's gay… and all because he didn't say he also liked girls.
The fact that people are making a big deal out of yet another celebrity coming out just astounds me; they act as if whatever has made them famous actually makes them all that different from everyone else… and if you take away their fame, no, they're not all that different, are they?
Biphobia amuses me just as much as it makes me kinda sad to see people deceiving themselves about the existence of bisexuals. Having been one for the majority of my life, I'd have to say that if I've been bisexual for 49 years, it's not a phase. Am I greedy? Well, hmm, let's see… who doesn't want to have all the sex they could possibly have? So I'd plead guilty to this one.
Ratios? Really? This one cracks me up because, for some unknown reason, people seem to think that this makes a difference if you're bisexual – and it doesn't and the only time that it does is if you're a guy and you've had sex only with other guys… but that makes you gay.
Even if there are women who engage in sex with other women so that men will think they're all that and a bag of chips, um, they're still having sex with women… so their reason for doing it really doesn't matter as long as the ends justify the means and, really, no woman in her right mind would have sex with another woman and they didn't like doing it.
It continues to amaze me how unsophisticated we are when it comes to sex and sexuality and that's despite all that we've learned about this and, seriously, the depth of their overall ignorance that keeps even gay people in denial about bisexuals; how can you say they don't exist when, clearly, they do? Is their ignorance of such an obvious fact so ingrained into them that their denial is a knee-jerk reaction?
And if Mr.Daley is gay, so what? He's not the only gay guy in the world and he sure as hell won't be the last…
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It's funny, I had followed with interest Tom Daley's and Morrissey's coming out and their reactions (Morrissey calls it Humasexual) and how people were angry and up in arms. Being a bisexual woman myself with a stronger preference for men than women, coming out is already difficult, but I understand it is even worse for men. Daley and Morrissey had almost identical reactions "how dare you say you are bisexual/you are gay/you are f-ing up with or minds/you are insulting our intelligence).
I would love to know what is your opinion about Morrisey.
We have a family friend who is bisexual but has been in a Commited, very dedicated, long term relationship with another man, but he does talk about past girlfriends with the same naturality than he does about past boyfriends. He flirts with both men and women also. My mom said that he was "homosexual but he just gets lusty eyes for women." My sister and I knew better.
I just discovered this blog, and both as a bisexual and as a social worker I will follow it with interest.
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