#houses for sale in madeira

[eopederson]

"Vende-se - For Sale," Madeira, 2019.

[fatehbaz]

Americans [...] would sip the rich cocoa as a hot drink. Cocoa made its way to North America on the same ships that transported rum and sugar from the Caribbean and South America [...] and was heavily reliant on the labor of enslaved Africans throughout the diaspora. [...] [B]y the early 1700s, Boston, Newport, New York and Philadelphia were processing cocoa into chocolate to export and to sell domestically. Chocolate was popular in the coffeehouse culture and was processed for sale and consumption by enslaved laborers in the North. Farther south, in Virginia, cocoa was becoming [...] so popular that it is estimated that approximately one-third of Virginia’s elite was consuming cocoa in some form or another. For the wealthy, this treat was sipped multiple times a week; for others it was out of reach. [...]

The art of chocolate-making – roasting beans, grinding pods onto a stone over a small flame – was a labor-intensive task. An enslaved cook would have had to roast the cocoa beans on the open hearth, shell them by hand, grind the nibs on a heated chocolate stone, and then scrape the raw cocoa, add milk or water, cinnamon, nutmeg or vanilla, and serve it piping hot.

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One of the first chocolatiers in the Colonies was an enslaved cook named Caesar.

Born in 1732, Caesar was the chef at Stratford Hall, the home of the Lees of Virginia, and in his kitchen sat one of only three chocolate stones in the Colony. The other two were located at the governor’s palace and at the Carter family estate, belonging to one of the wealthiest families in Virginia. Caesar was responsible for cooking multiple meals a day for the Lees and any free person who came to visit. [...]

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The work was oppressive in the plantation kitchens at Christmas time. [...]

[T]hose working in the big house kitchen and as domestic laborers were expected to work around the clock to ensure a perfect holiday for the white family. The biggest task at hand was to cook and serve Christmas dinner, and chocolate was a favorite addition to the three-course formal dinner. [...] Oyster stew, meat pies, roasted pheasant, puddings, roasted suckling pig and Virginia ham are some of the many dishes that would be served in just one course. The night would finish with the sipping of chocolate: toasted, ground and spiced [...] and served in sipping-cups made specifically for drinking chocolate. [...]

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Decades before the two well-known enslaved chefs, Monticello’s James Hemings and George Washington’s Chef Hercules, [...] Caesar was running one of the Colonies’ most prestigious kitchens inside of Stratford Hall, and making chocolate for the Lees and their guests. [...] [H]is son, Caesar Jr., lived nearby and was the postillion [...].

The stress of cooking the most important dinner of the year was combined with the fear of what was to come on Jan. 1. New Year’s Day was commonly known as heartbreak day, when enslaved folks would be sold to pay off debts or rented out to a different plantation. Jan. 1 represented an impending doom, and the separation of families and loved ones. [...] Caesar disappeared from the records by the end of the 18th century. By 1800, his son Caesar Jr. was still owned by the Lees, but as that year ended, Christmas came and went, and Caesar Jr. was put up for collateral by Henry Lee for payment of his debts.

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The world Caesar lived in was one fueled by the Columbian Exchange, which was built from enslaved labor [...]: pineapples, Madeira wine, port, champagne, coffee, sugar and cocoa beans. These items traveled from plantation to dining room via the Atlantic trade, and were central to securing the reputation of Virginia’s plantation elite. The more exotic and delicious the food, the more domestic fame one would reap. Having cocoa delivered directly to your home, and having a chocolatier in the kitchen, were exceptional. It was through Caesar’s culinary arts that Stratford Hall became well-known throughout Colonial Virginia as a culinary destination.

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All text above by: Kelley Fanto Deetz. “Oppression in the kitchen, delight in the dining room: The story of Caesar, an enslaved chef and chocolatier in Colonial Virginia.” The Conversation. 21 December 2020. [Bold emphasis and some paragraph breaks/contractions added by me.]

[levadamadeira]

The House of the People of the Immaculate Heart of Mary will hold, next Thursday, October 5th, the 5th Edition of the Bolo do Caco e Pão Caseiro 2023 Exhibition, in the Santa Luzia Gardens. This event will have on display around fifty breads and caco cakes from across the Region, including blackberry, banana, rye, chapels, corn, onion, cabbage, caco cakes, among other new products. The organization informs, in a note sent to newsrooms, that there will be around a thousand of the aforementioned breads and cakes for sale. Furthermore, some varieties will also be prepared live, from Madeira and Porto Santo.

[whatdoesshedotothem]

Saturday 26 May 1838

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fine morning F61 ½° at 8 ½ am A- went to the cathedral about 8 or after to sketch the interior and returned at 9 35 – I sat writing till 10 – then breakfast – changed our room – from the small one to the next adjoining a large very good room and breakfasting and moving our things till 12 – our garçon Paul Voisin a nice civil good countenanced unmarried aetatis 31 man from Lyons – does not like here – would be glad to be in a private house again – would be glad to go with us – lived 15 years with la marquise de Montague – was then in the army – then not getting a good place at Lyons came to Paris and from there here – in bed at 12 or 2 and up at 4 – so hard a place, nobody could stay long – he makes 800fr. a year – but would rather have less in a different place – had 350 fr. a year with the marquise de M- and livery – she lived in the r. de la université, but is not now in Paris – lives in the country – A- and I out at 12 35 – took a commissionaire to shew us the way, and then sent him home – Mr. Mumm or somebody, a very civil young man, protestant it seemed, and speaking English very fairly – a German shewed us over the cellars, and afterwards shewed us into a large good salon, and gave us champagne and biscuits – the wine Mousseux and very fair but not so good as Moets’ of Epernay in 1833. should I have as good of Moet at 3/. a bottle? ordered a dozen of his 1ere qualité at 4/50 per bottle to be sent off on Monday and would be in Paris on Tuesday or Wednesday to my address rue St. Victor n° 27 à Paris – thought we might get this dozen over to England for Lady Stuart – en petite cadeau – about an hour at the cellars (at Mr. Mumms’) underground and above – 3 stories of cellars to the depth of 36 to 40 ft. ventilated by grates communicating from the bottom cellar to the top – each story divided into separate vaults perhaps the loftiest 7 or 8ft. high in the centre – perhaps 4 or 5 yards wide and 20+ long – in the lowest story 3 men corking – one filling up the bottles – another putting in the cork, and driving it down with a machine (has only had it about 15 months) on the principle of a corn or button-stamping machine, and the 3rd man tying down the corks, (the tightness gained by a small steel thing round which the string is turned and held fast while the other end is pulled tight) – It is not long since everybody left off gaudon (rosin) and covered the corks with lead-paper – a great improvement

Monday 28 May 1838. no good wine in champagne says our landlord of the Ecu at Epernay since the year 1834.

asked for champagne tranquille – cannot have it now – not till next year – not ripe enough now – that of 1834 will not be ripe till next year – taken with the double-incline clearing racks  the bottles ranged in an angle = about 25°? require turning twice a day for 2 or 3 weeks till all the sediment has sunk down to the cork – then the cork taken out (a difficult operation saw it done) and with the cork out gushes the sediment in the froth that escapes and the bottle being refilled is immediately re-corked – vintage in October – wine remains in cash till April May or June – about 6 months – Mr. Mumm has no vineyards of his own – buys the grapes – shewed us his great ton = 19,000 bottles = 70 such casks as we saw lying about – sends wine to America in boxes containing 12 bottles and 50 ditto has a house in London, Francfort and Cologne – Inquired respecting the ventilation of cellars – he said wine should have good pure air – Madeira should be kept warm and may do without air, but good air cannot do it any harm if the temperature be attended to – the breakage of champagne = 50p.c. the time of year now coming on – best to order champagne for a years’ consumption – should not be kept too long – he owned that the Bordeaux wines (Claret) for the English market were mixed with hermitage and brandy – on leaving Mr. Mumms’ at 1 55 sauntered in the little Jardin des Plantes – nothing particular in it – 2 or 3 little  serres, not much in them – then to the Cours the very nice shaded promenades – then Champs Elysées of Rheims – very pretty cool and pleasant (hot and very fine sun today) sat there writing in pencil in my rough note book all the above of today till now 2 ¾ - and then to the cemetery close by – i.e. close by the Porte de Mars leading to Flanders (the gate by which we entered yesterday) and the ‘Mission’ i.e. croix de la mission erected in 1825, and now turned to a monument to the memory of the brave who died fighting for the liberty of France (viz. the revolutions of the 3 days of July 1830) – sometime in the cemetery spite of boiling sun – among the tombeaux and epitaphs one of the latter by a father to the memory of his daughter, Marie Antoniette Sophie l’Inglois decêdée Thursday 5 December 1822 dans sa 21me année – after 10 foregoing lines ends thus

‘ô mon chere enfant, attends en paix

ce père malheureux ! attends-le sous cette terre

Qui d’après un homme religieux et sensible,

‘n’est que la cendre des morts pétrie avec les larmes

de vivans’ pretty idea  

not aware at this moment that the ancien porte de Mars (arc de triomphe of the Romans) was so near

from the cemetery thro’ the streets and marché to the palais archiépiscopale

the archbishop M. le cardinal de Couci set off to Paris a day or 2 before the outburst of the revolution of July 1830, and has never been here since – at Goritz with the ex-royal family – the bishop of Numidie does the duties of the archbishop – the archbishop much regretted – a very good man – did a great deal of good –the palais worth seeing the grande salle surrounded by the pictures of the king crowned here from Clavis downwards very handsome – pity that damp is spoiling some of the pictures e.g. Louis XVI. at the end of  the salle – Charles X. taken away – the picture still in the palais but his place in the salle vacant, and several fleurs de lis here and there defaced – (as also the fleurs de lis on the shield of Louis 15 in the Place royale – how puerile!) – the grande salle 130x36 pieds and height = about 36 pieds up to the square – ceiling domed – large poutres (beams) across the room partly gilt with 2 rings in each beam towards the side of the room for suspending 2 chandeliers – 4 windows on each side the great entrance door by flight of steps from without – 4 doors on the opposite side of the room – the great fire-place at the end of the room and over it St. Remy crowning Clovis – shewn into what Charles x intended turning into the chapel – the painted glass windows put in – but all stopt by the revolution – this place was the palais de justice after the revolution of 1789 and 3 stories of prisonniers were in this very spot – the duke of Orelans was lately at our hotel (the Lyon d’or) but did not see the Palace – no! said I, he is still a Bourbon, and the sight could not be agreeable – from here went home at 4 ½ for A- to have wine and biscuit and then out again at 4 52 and off to the church of St. Remy – a 20 minutes walk and there at 5 ¼ - under repair – expected to be done in 2 years from this time – very curious old church – the whole of the nave boarded off – had been new roofed and now full of workmen – 2 stories of double aisle round the apsis and choir and a narrow gallery above the upper story immediately under the painted windows – do not remember to have seen this sort of 2 storied double-aisle – went up to the upper story – same dimensions apparently even as high as the story below – the vitreaux – (painted glass) – very ancient – date not known – supposed to be as old as the church – evidently very ancient – all the ceilings of aisles and choir stone-work plastered and painted in imitation of brick-work – the new vaulting (new roof of the nave) done in wood – the old stone roof too heavy on the walls – the 2 stories of double aisle run all round the nave too – see as we return, that the new roof is not quite so steep as the old one – as seen from the old walls of the town the eves are all in one line but the ridge of the old roof of the choir is about 3ft. higher than the ridge of the new roof of the nave – just peeped into the nave after having seen the high altar and chasse containing the relies of St. Remy – the chasse of solid silver before the revolution of 1789 – now of cuivre argenté – the relies exposed to the faithful

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for 9 days in October every year – the figures round the high altar not finished sculptured at the back because stood originally against a wall – done under the orders of a cardinal of Lorraine 300 or 400 years ago – interesting as representing in marble statues the 6 ecclesiastical and 6 lay paises de France and their officers who assisted at the sacres (coronations) of the kings of France – looking towards the altar

the left

‘Duke de Bourgogne’ holding the crown

D. de Normandie – a standard

D. de Aquitaine – a standard

Comte ‘de champagne’ – a standard

C. de Flandre – the sword

C. de Toulouse – the spurs

the right

archduke de Rheims holding sa croix

Ev. duke de Laon – a crosier et l’ampoule

Ev. d. de Langres – a crosier et containing the oil and sceptre

Ev. comte de Beauvais – a crosier

Ev. c. de Chalons – a crosier and the ring

Ev. c. de Noyon – a crosier et la selle the kings’s saddle

immediately at the back of the altar in the space between the last Evêque and last court is a St. Remy seated in his archiepiscopal robes and mitre teaching Clovis kneeling at his feel and a Diacre or assistant holding the cosier and an open book – Left the church (much interested) at 6 20 – sauntered back along the  boulevard very lately planted with young elms – cart road in the middle and 2 allées (promenades) (old rampart) the Vesle river running close along its foot on the other side the old wall – on our right towards the town, great deal of garden ground – pépinières and sale vegetable gardens – delighted with our walk back – nowhere such good views of the exterior of the cathedral – too short – too lumping as a whole – wants the lantern tower the lengthiness of York minster, and its freedom from flying buttresses at the east end which look like steps to graduate the high roof gently down to the ground – the effect of this is bad – as if the building could not support its height at that end – never travel without a view of York minster – take it all in all, has it an equal in the world? when very near our hotel at 7 the light so beautiful on the cathedral turned into a courtyard for a better view – the gentleman of the house civilly asked us in and the wife shewed us in the garden – she said the effect would be still better in about an hour – she regretted the great numeros of pigeons jackdaws, crows etc that inhabited the exterior of the building – to us these birds give life to the scene and improve the picturesque – she said the crows assembled on the wire all along the ridge of the roof so as sometimes to form an almost continuous line from end to end, and all regularly flew away to les champs at 9pm – as good as a clock for 9pm we inquired about Mr. Mumm as to the street in which he lived – she did not know the name – supposed we had seen the cellars of Mr. Muller or Mr. Roeder (a German we said he spoke English well and was a protestant) – asked who was really the most renommé négociant en vins in Reims – Madame Veuve Clicquot Ponsardin- I said the town was full of dyers – yes! but only 6 or 7 great dyers in the town – It turned out her husband was a dyer and also a wine merchant – she said we ought to see les filatures en laine (woollen spinning mills) – it seems they have power looms here – she says trade has been very bad, but is now reviving or revived and pretty goof again – Had ordered dinner at 7 – not in till 7 ½ - dinner immediately but the lateness an excuse for a bad dinner – no épinards – nothing left – I sent for one mutton cutlet for I had literally nothing but cold fish not eating the bit of beef or the little redone overdone poulet or asparagus – sat over dinner and dessert till 10 – then wrote till 11 – very fine day – F67° at 11 pm

[akallabeth-joie]

Money and Expenses in Les Mis

For comparing daily, monthly, and yearly rates, I’m assuming 6 work days per week (all 52 weeks of the year); rent and childcare are assumed to happen 365 days/year. Approximating months as 30 days each (like Hugo did). 1 franc= 20 sous = 100 centimes.

Food

Marius gets 1 sou rolls for breakfast (3.5.2, 4.9.2); Gavroche spends the same amount for bread for himself and the momes (4.6.2). [Probably ~1/4 lb of bread according to this post, courtesy @pilferingapples]

Two-sou loaves (~1/2 lb) are also available. (3.8.13) 

An egg costs from 1 to 3 sous in Paris c.1830. (3.5.2)

Dinner at the Thénardier Inn costs 6 sous; 3 francs (60 sous) when absurdly overcharging Jean Valjean. (2.3.9)

Argenteuil wine costs 6 sous/pint at the "Good Quince." (2.8.6)

An uncooked mutton cutlet costs 6-7 sous, which Marius (at his most poor) makes last three dinners; otherwise he eats 1 sou worth of cheese and an unspecified amount of bread (3.5.1). 

In La Force, garlic costs 62 centimes (~12.5 sous). (4.2.2)

A big loaf of bread can be bought for 15 sous or less. (2.3.3)

Three large potatoes cost 10-20 sous or less. (3.8.12-13)

When he’s more established, Marius spend 20 sous/day on food: 4 sous on breakfast; 15 for meat (6 sous), vegetables (3 sous for a half serving), dessert (3 sous) and unlimited bread (3 sous) for dinner in a restaurant, with a 1 sou gratuity. (3.5.2) 

During a ~5 hour brunch, Graintaire consumes 2 francs 95 centimes (59 sous) worth of probably-not-great-quality wine, beer, brandy, and absinthe. (4.12.2)

Madeira wine (unspecified quantity) costs 4 francs 50 centimes (90 sous) at Bombarda’s. (1.3.8)

Marius’ indulgent dinner with Courfeyrac costs 6 francs (120 sous). (3.6.6)

Clothes & Goods (mixture of retail and re-sale prices)

A cake of soap can be sold for 1 sou. (4.6.2)

In La Force, cigars cost 5 centimes (1 sou). (4.2.2)

A good bushel of charcoal runs 15 sous. (3.8.12)

Turning an old coat costs 30 sous or 1.5 francs. (3.5.1)

A pair of child’s stockings is worth at least 30 sous [Mme Thénardier claims, may be exaggerating] (2.3.8)

Mabeuf’s antique books are sold for 20-35 sous each; he originally paid up to 20 francs (400 sous) for them. (4.9.3)

An iron chisel sells for 50-60 sous (2.5-3 francs). (3.8.12) 

A small pistol is 7 francs, second-hand. (4.1.5)

A warm knit petticoat for a child costs 10 francs. (1.5.10)

A man’s overcoat and a pair of trousers are sold to a dealer for 20 francs (3.4.6)

A fine doll (2 feet tall, with real hair, enamel eyes, and a crape dress) costs 30 francs. (2.3.4, 2.3.8)

A gold watch is sold/pawned for 45 francs (3.4.6).

A year’s linen (undergarments) for a man costs 50 francs (3.5.2). *This is Marius, and he’s keeping 3 shirts at a time, wearing them ragged and then replacing them.*

A year’s washing for 1 man costs 50 francs. (3.5.2)

A (very nice) toddler’s entire wardrobe can be pawned for 60 francs (1.4.3)

A year’s clothing for a man costs 100 francs, excluding linens (3.5.2) *Again, Marius, with one new suit and one old*

A very rare antique book (Mabeuf’s beloved Diogenes Laertus) costs 100 francs. (4.9.3)

A horse and tilbury (small open carriage) costs 100 francs, but JVJ pays 500. (1.7.2)

All of Fantine's clothes and posessions (after 6-7 years of working or being kept in Paris) sell for ~200 francs. (1.4.1)

Silver (six settings and a serving ladle) ~200 francs. (1.2.10)

A set of parlor furniture in mahogany and velvet costs at least 500 francs. (1.1.6)

Lodging

20 sous or 1 franc/night at the Thenardier Inn, 40 sous (2 francs) if they don’t like your look,10 francs (200 sous) if they think you’re a millionaire to gouge. (2.3.8, 2.3.9)

Marius pays 30 francs/year for his single room without a fireplace in the Gorbeau House. (3.5.2)

The Thenardier’s room in the Gorbeau (with a fireplace) costs 40 francs/year (3.5.5, 3.8.9)

Mabeuf rents a three-room cottage and garden (at Austerlitz) for 50 francs/year. (3.5.4) 

An unspecified amount of time in the Hotel de la Porte Saint Jacques cost Marius 70 francs (rent, possibly including board).

Mabeuf briefly rented a garden and first floor (Boulevard Montparnasse) at 300 francs/year; in his straightened circumstances, he initially budgeted 200 francs/year in rent. (3.5.4)

Cosette and Jean Valjean average 8,000 francs per year in living expenses from 1828-1833 (including rent on up to three dwellings, food, clothes, furnishings, fuel, wages for one servant, and charity). (5.5.5)

Services

Marius tips the waiter at Rousseau’s 1 sou on a 15 sou dinner. (3.5.2)  

Prison "barkers" charge 2 sous for pronouncing a name clearly. (5.4.1)

Marius tips the waiter 6 sous after an indulgent (6 franc/120 sou) dinner. (3.6.6)

The ABC boys pay Nanevette 10 sous to deliver a message (during a proto-riot), and give him an additional 20 sous after doing so. (4.12.2)

In La Force, Brujon spends 10, 15, and 25 sous on messages sent to different parts of the city. (4.2.2)

A guided tour of the field at Waterloo costs 60 sous or 3 francs (2.1.2)

Marius pays 3 francs/month (36 francs/year) for light housekeeping (3.5.2)

Cosette’s stay with the Thenardiers (room/board/’childcare’): Fantine initially offered 6 francs/month (4 sous/day), but agreed to pay 7 (~4 2/3 sou/day). By the end of the first year, she’s paying 12 francs (8 sous/day), and ultimately 15 francs/month (10 sous/day).

A cabriolet charges 2 francs/hour. (3.8.1) Some may charge 1 franc/hour, if Bossuet’s “9000 francs/year rent” joke is correct. (3.4.2). Javert pays 80 francs for 7 1/4 hours service (14.5 francs) and damaged upholstery. (5.3.11) 

It costs ~ 6 francs in powder and shot to fire a cannon. (2.2.3)

A fast horse and light vehicle can be rented in Montreuil for 30 francs/day, exclusive of fodder. (1.7.2)

Cosette’s boarding school stay averaged 1,000 francs/year (approximately 2 3/4 francs or 55 sous per day). (5.5.5)

The bishop's travel and carriage stipend is 3,000 francs/year (not that he used it for that). (1.1.2)

Wages & Income

In prison, Jean Valjean is paid approximately 1/2 sou or 2.5 centimes per day. [7.8 francs per year, less fees and unpaid holidays] (1.2.3)

The Thénardiers rent their younger sons to Magnon for 10 francs/month (6.6 sous/day, 120 francs/year). (4.6.1)

The prison wages Fantine fears are 7 sous/day (1.5.13) [~109 francs/year]

Fantine’s sewing in Montreuil paid 12 sous/day, later reduced to 9 sous. (1.5.9, 1.5.10) [187 francs, 140 francs]

JVJ’s pre-prison pruning work paid 18 sous/day (1.2.6) [281 francs/year if he was working year-round at that rate; he actually earned less due to seasonal variations in employment] 

An accomplished female cook expects wages of 30 francs/month [360 per year]; Gillenormand offers 50 francs/month [600/year] on the provision that he can call her “Nicolette.” (3.2.5)

JVJ is paid 15 sous/day moving barrels after he gets out of prison; the other workers got paid 30. [486 francs full, 243 francs half wages if paid thus for a year] (1.2.9)

Fantine sells her hair for 10 francs (200 sous) and her front teeth for 40 (800 sous). (1.5.10) 

Marius leaves home with 30 francs in his pocket. (3.3.8)

A laywer’s clerk earns ~20 sous(1 franc)/day (360/year). (1.3.6)

Champmatheiu, as a wheelwright’s laborer, earned no more than 30 sous(1.5 franc)/day (~468 francs/year). (1.7.10)

Mlle Baptistine Myriel has an annual income of 500 francs. (1.1.2)

Marius earns 700 francs per year doing translation work (3.5.2)

Feuilly earns (”with difficulty”) 3 francs or 60 sous per day painting fans (~936 francs/year). (3.4.1)

Gillenormand pays Magnon 80 francs/month (960 francs/year) for the care of two children. (4.6.1)

Marius turns down an allowance of 60 pistoles (600 livres) per 6 months (1,200 francs/year, possibly up to ~5,760). (3.3.8) 

Marius turns down a salary of 1,500 francs/year (plus room and board) working for a bookseller. (3.5.3)

Provincial dandies like Batamabois have incomes around 1,500 francs/year. (1.5.12)

Before 1830, M. Mabeuf earned ~2,000 francs/year from the sale of his book (3.5.4).

Bahorel enjoys an allowance of ~3,000 francs/year. (3.4.1)

Tholomyes has an allowance of 4,000 francs/year. (1.3.2)

The bishop has a salary of 15,000 francs/years (1.1.2)

M. Gillenormand considered himself ruined with an income of 15,000 francs per year, thinks he needs 100,000/year to keep mistresses. (3.2.1.)

Cosette’s dowry of 586,000 francs affords her a yearly income of 27,000 francs (Marius has 3,000/year from his Grandfather). (5.8.3 with 5.5.5)

Jean Valjean made over 1,630,000 francs during his 7 years in Montreuil-sur-Mer (Dec 1815-March 1823) (1.5.2, 5.5.5).

I’ll probably be adding to this as Brickclub progresses. As always, corrections and additions are most appreciated.

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Hester Thrale remembers Dr Johnson

I’ve joined the Chawton House reading group which discusses the work of female writers of the 17th/18th/19th century.  This month we were reading  Hester Lynch Piozzi/Thrale, Anecdotes of the Late Samuel Johnson (1786).  It was full of funny anecdotes of Johnson, perhaps less familiar than those in Boswell.  Here are some of my favourites.

Johnson’s comments against the Scots are legendary, 

Another famous reply to a Scotsman who commended the beauty and dignity of Glasgow, till Mr. Johnson stopped him by observing, “that he probably had never seen Brentford”.

Our group felt that Johnson advocated surprisingly modern ideas on the upbringing of children, against too much homework, or being forced to parrot off their knowledge to adults, as he had been forced by his parents to do. You get the impression there were some awful parents of this type about, from the story of a friend who told him his two sons should repeat Gray’s “Elegy” to him alternatively, for him to judge which one did it best, “No, pray, sir, said he, let the dears both speak it at once; more noise will by that means be made, and the noise will be sooner over”.

John Aubrey claimed that the idea of adult children being forced to kneel down in front of their parents went out with the Civil War.  But even in the 18th century some still had expectations that children show their parents singular respect: 

Mr. Johnson caught me another time reprimanding the daughter of my housekeeper for having sat down unpermitted in her mother’s presence.  “Why, she gets her living, does she not, “ said he, “without her mother’s help? Let the wench alone,” continued he ... “Poor people’s children, dear lady,” said he, “never respect them.  I did not respect my own mother, though I loved her … when in anger she called me a puppy, I asked her if she knew what they called a puppy’s mother.”

Similar obeisance was also apparently expected to college tutors (I wish!) 

Meeting … Mr. Jordan in the street, he offered to pass by without saluting him, but the tutor … stopped, and inquired what he had been doing, “Sliding on the ice,” was the reply … He laughed very heartily at the recollection of his insolence.

But Johnson had regard for his tutor in other ways:

Mr. Jordan, his tutor, had much of his affection, though he despised his want of scholastic learning. “That creature would,“ said he, “defend his pupils to the last: no young lad under his care should suffer for committing slight improprieties, while he had breath to defend, or power to protect them.”

Good principles, indeed, for any university tutor.

Mrs Piozzi gives many examples of comic parodies Johnson composed extempore, including the following piece of silliness:

Hermit hoar, in solemn cell

Wearing out life’s evening grey

Strike thy bosom, sage! And tell

What is bliss, and which the way?

Thus I spoke, and speaking sighed,

Scarce repressed the starting tear,

When the hoary sage replied,

“Come, my lad, and drink some beer.”

Piozzi’s account has been described as having touches of bitterness. She characterises Johnson as indifferent to the minor cares of his friends, including those mourning for the dead, but extraordinary generous (and useful) to those living in genuine need,

... he was called abruptly from our house after dinner, and returning in about three hours, said he had been with an enraged author, whose landlady pressed him for payment within doors, while the bailiffs beset him without; that he was drinking himself drunk with Madeira to drown care, and fretting over a novel which, when finished, was to be his whole fortune; but he could not get it done for distraction, nor could he step out of doors to offer it to sale.  Mr Johnson therefore set away the bottle, and went to the bookseller, recommending the performance, and desiring some immediate relief; which when he brought back to the writer, he called the woman of the house directly to partake of punch, and pass their time in merriment.

... something in Dr. Goldsmith’s behaviour struck me with an idea that he was the very man, and then Johnson confessed it was so; the novel was the charming “Vicar of Wakefield”.

Johnson did not always suffer fools gladly:

A young fellow, less confident of his own abilities, lamenting one day that he had lost all his Greek - “I believe it happened at the same time, sir,” said Johnson, “that I lost all my large estate in Yorkshire”.

Mrs Piozzi gives many examples of Johnson’s Latin compositions in poetry and monumental inscription, but says that he professed so ‘loudly’ his lack of skill in Greek, that when a Danish nobleman was brought to meet him the man thought to attack Johnson on his ‘weak side’, but came of the worse for the encounter, “Oh, no, he knows nothing of Greek”, Johnson was heard saying afterwards “with a loud burst of laughing”.

He could show surprising sensitivity to the feelings of those of lower status.  According to Hester Piozzi he kept for many years a cat called Hodge, 

but so exact was he not to offend the human species by superfluous attention to brutes, that when the creature was grown sick and old, and could eat nothing but oysters, Mr Johnson always went out himself to to buy Hodge’s dinner,

that his black servant Francis’s,

delicacy might not be hurt, at seeing himself employed for the convenience of a quadruped. 

Johnson eventually left his estate to Francis, although quotations in the book show that he shared the racial prejudices of his time in seeing black people as inferior.

Our group speculated, given the examples of Johnson’s eccentric and often difficult behaviour, and his mental health issues, whether he might have been on the Asperger’s spectrum. His love of arithmetic perhaps might fit with that:

When Mr. Johnson felt his fancy, or fancied he felt it, disordered, his constant recurrence was to the study of arithmetic, and one day that he was totally confined to his chamber, and I inquired what he had been doing to divert himself, he showed me a calculation which I could scarce be made to understand, so vast was the plan of it, and so very intricate were the figures; no other, indeed, than the national debt …

Johnson’s greatness of spirit came from his charity, both literally to the many poor people he supported in his modest London home, and in terms of his understanding, akin to Shakespeare, of the natural human inclination to weakness and error.  As a great Tory and Church of England man, the following quote is thus hardly surprising:

how comes your Puritanical spirit so offended with frivolous and empty deviations from exactness? Whoever loads life with unnecessary scruples, sir,” continued he, “provokes the attention of others on his conduct, and incurs the censure of singularity without reaping the reward of superior virtue.

I loved the description of how a laboratory was set up at the Thrales’ house at Streatham for chemical experiments one summer, ‘drawing essences and colouring liquors’.  But Johnson having such extreme short sight that he burnt all his wigs reading books closely by candlelight, these experiments were a menace to all concerned. Common sense soon prevailed, and the laboratory was shut down by sensible Mr Thrale.

Mrs Piozzi’s anecdotes, written quickly, act like a stream of consciousness rather than being organised in any particular fashion.  The author anticipates our criticisms.  “Stories of humour do not tell well in Books”, she writes, 

The cork model of Paris is not more despicable as a resemblance of a great city, than this book ... as a specimen  of Johnson’s character.  Yet everyone naturally likes to gather little specimens of the rarities found in a great country; and could I carry home from Italy square pieces of all the curious marbles which are the just glory of this surprising part of the world, I could scarcely contrive, perhaps, to arrange them so meanly as not to gain some attention from the respect due to the places they once belonged to.  Such a piece of motley Mosaic work will these anecdotes invevitably make.  But let the reader remember that the was promised nothing better, and so be as contented as he can.

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Fareham Wine Cellar Portfolio Wine Tasting 2022

Fareham Wine Cellar Portfolio Wine Tasting 2022

Wednesday 19th October 2022, 2pm until 7.30pm

@ Lysses House Hotel, 51 High Street, Fareham PO16 7BQ

Tickets £TBC per person – in advance and over 18 years old only please!#

Tickets coming soon.

  Please check back here as we will update regularly.

  Believe it or not, it has been nearly four years since our last Portfolio wine tasting. We are therefore very pleased to announce that we will be holding the Fareham Wine Cellar Portfolio Wine Tasting this year on Wednesday October 19th 2022.

There will be over 150 fantastic wines and spirits on show with exhibitors coming from far and wide, from Western Australia to Hambledon!

There have been a lot of changes in four years and whilst we have some of our favourite suppliers and people exhibiting, there will also be plenty of new wines to try and new people to speak with.

This will be a walk around wine tasting and spittoons will be provided. Whilst you are welcome to attend from 2pm until 7.30pm (some do!), we can highly recommend spending a good couple of hours at least to make the most of the experience.

  Fareham Wine Cellar Portfolio Wine Tasting 2022 List of Exhibitors

Churchview Wines – Co-owner and Sales Director Sharon Bosveld is coming all the way from Margaret River, Western Australia to show some of their fantastic wines under the Churchview, Bartondale, St Johns and Silverleaf ranges.

Distell Group Ltd – Distell is one of the most famous wine producers in South Africa, they produce wines including Nederburg and Durbanville Hills. Senior Account Manager Chris Monks and National Account Manager Jonathan Williams will be showing a range of wines.

Domaine Jones – Owner and winemaker Katie Jones, who I am sure needs no introduction, will be bringing some of her excellent new wines and vintages.

EA Vinos – Export Manager Jordi Portillo will be presenting some excellent wines made in central Spain by Manuel Manzaneque Suarez including the ¡Ea! Vinos and the superb Fatum wines.

Enotria and Coe – Territory Manager Paul Milne will be showing wines from Omero in the Willamette Valley, Peregrine in Central Otago and Trimbach in Alsace.

Hatch Mansfield – Represented by Regional Sales Manager James Wilson, Hatch Mansfield are the UK agents for fantastic wineries including Louis Jadot, Champagne Taittinger, Errazuriz and Kleine Zalze.

Hispano Bodegas – Third generation vineyard owner Pablo Rodriguez will be presenting Hispano Bodegas’ ranges of Valdelacierva Rioja and 12 Linajes Ribeira del Duero wines.

Jean-Baptiste Audy – Export Manager Michel Moulene represents Bordeaux negociant and Chateau owner J B Audy in the UK. He will be showing a range of their excellent Clarets.

John E Fells & Sons Ltd – Regional Sales Manager Matthew Nutt will be showing wines from producers including Champagne Henriot, Torres Spain, Torres Chile, Wente Vineyards, Tedeschi, La Crema, The Symington Family, Blandy’s Madeira and Pellegrino Marsala.

Mentzendorff – Regional Accounts Manager Clive Ashby will be showing wines from Hambledon Vineyard, one of the best sparkling wine estates in Hampshire and other wines including Hamilton Russell.

Orion Wines – Orion Wines are specialist in Southern Italian wines, their Zensa and Borgo dei Trulli ranges are superb. Export Manager Elena Ciurletti will be presenting.

Raymond Reynolds Ltd – Proprietor Raymond Reynolds is one of the leading importers of wines from Portugal including wines and Ports from Dirk Niepoort, Madeira from Barbeito and many other producers.

Waddesdon Wine – Waddesdon Manor is the UK headquarter of the Rothschild Wine Collection. Accounts Manager Paul Tompkins will be showing some of the Lafite-owned wines including Los Vascos from Chile and Bodegas Caro from Argentina.

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Saturday 7 April 1838: SH:7/ML/E/21/0072

7 10

1 10

fine growing soft damp thick morning F42° at 8 20 am sat reading Rhinds’ elements of geology till breakfast at 9 ½ in ½ hour then with A- and SW. till 11 talking over Landymere quarry road – SW.

calculates his plan of road 4 yards wide 30 roods at 4ft. 6in. high walling 6/6 per rood = 9.15.0

rubbing at 5/. = 7.10.0

284 yards soil talking off and embanking = 3.10.0

something else I forgot what – makes the whole = £25 +      20.15

SW. not at all against A-‘s plan of road – would sink a hole to try the stone alongside the new road at 1st said bore down to the stone it would be done in a day – but this as I said would not do – best make a hole if only down to the top of the stone – A-‘s road 5 yards wide at the bottom would take said SW. 2500 or said I 3000 yards stuff (I know not how I had before got into 1600 yards) – and if the whole plan of baring stone up against the new road failed still SW. agreed the stuff could be brought from Bentleys’ baring at one extra expense of 2nd per yard cube, all that Captain and Mrs. S- would have to pay, except 6d. per yard cube on shifting the baring already laid down – SW- said A-‘s road could be done in 6 weeks for £70 say 3 months and expense £100 (all the baring stuff to raise the road coming from Bentleys’ quarry) and I still think the S-s would be repaid – to meet SW. at 10 am on Monday at Sun wood quarry to see about a road making to the quarry – SW. to call and tell Holt to come and say I was out of patience about nothing being yet settled about the Engine – and to see what sort of post horses they have got at the hotel for the Sunday after tomorrow – wrote the above of this morning till 11 20 went down at 11 ½ to William Hardcastle – no had Firth 1st about near an hour settling his numerous bills – paid everything in full for Shibden hall, Northgate, Hill-top and Little marsh up to the end of last year – then had William Hardcastle – he wanted to beg some flags, for his kitchen floor – begged him not to talk of such a thing – quite a mistake about the quarry’s paying so well – I had got nothing by it yet, and could get anything by it, and if I gave the stuff away – however very civil to H- then went to A- about 12 ½ and with her at luncheon and looking for her ring on the pincushion on her toilette on Thursday morning gone when she returned from Mixender mill in the afternoon! – from about 1 ¾ or 2 to 3 siding – left A- to cut out school frocks and came upstairs to look over my leases preparatory to writing out Mallinsons’ agreement for Mitham house and Ing etc. and cottages; and this took me till – just before had note from Mr. Parker per messenger enclosing the balance of my last sale of navigation share, and the account of £1500 paid to Mr. Wainhouse – Had had Robert Mann 2 or 3 minutes about 1 to say the spring of water in the hall wood must be done something with – the embankment giving way – to be looked after on Monday – Robert and c° here (at the meer, of course) this morning but not this afternoon – too wet – too wet latterly this morning but the men staid on till noon – then paid Wards’ bill (Blacksmith) per Mrs. Cookson – and went down to A- at 3 ¼ - then with A- near ½ hour – then came upstairs and looked over the packet from Mr. Parker containing £215 in B. of E. paper one fifty, one ten, the rest fives – 1500 paid to Mr. Wainhouse and £440 paid to the Yorkshire District B. at Leeds – put the balance into the pocket of my travelling bag – wrote to go by Sam tonight as follows ‘Shibden hall Saturday 7 April 1838 Sir – I received this afternoon your note and packet, all quite right – I am sir, etc. etc. A. Lister’ – A- not yet come upstairs to prepare for going to Cliff Hill, and it is striking 4 – went out at 4 5 – no! with A- till walked by her side as far as Listerwick pit till 5 ¾ - I had rung for Oddy to take charge of my note A- came up as I was giving it to O- fancied I was saying I know not what and I immediately afterwards found A- in the north parlour in an agony of tears and suspicious  she said I should break her heart poor thing thought I as I staid to get her right and lastly gave her a glass of Madeira and a biscuit what will be the end of it all  I will be off at least for a while as soon as I can – nobody at Listerwick – returned – went to Park farm and forwards to the old conery Lane along the upper conery – the low side dry wall just begun – then about home till came in very near 7 – had the gardener – settled his book – dinner at 7 25 and sat reading till about 8 25 –afterwards asleep or reading as before Rhinds’ elements of geology forward to p. 59 and wrote the last 9 ½ lines till 10 ¼ - Sam took tonight my note as above to Messrs. Parker and Adam solicitors H-x – from 10 ¼ to 11 ½ at accounts and looking over bills – Damp wet day very rainy from before noon till between 3 and 4pm – from about 4pm pretty fine – sat reading and then skimming over the newspaper till long after 12 –

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'It's in My DNA': A Roundtable Q&A

Impressions gets candid with a couple of females leaders in the decorated-apparel sector.<br> The world has seen a social change in the past couple of years, with ladies in all sectors being embraced in duties varying from managers and also supervisors to C-suite execs-- and every leadership sounded on the proverbial ladder in between.<br> As 2020 unravels, female business-leadership duties have actually hit an all-time high. According to 2019 Grant Thornton LLP research, 29% of senior-management duties are held by women, while 87% of global organizations now contend the very least one woman in a senior-management position. Consisting Of MOTORCYCLE PATCHES BUSINESS.<br> Today, ladies are promoted as part of varied workforces that include a cornucopia of identities, personalities and ethnic cultures. Similarly as diverse are the histories as well as experience degrees these ladies leaders bring to their particular tables, and the decorated-apparel sector is no exception.<br> For example, prior to becoming head of state of Madeira USA, Shirley Clark was the business's sales supervisor as well as had experience from various other markets. Jeanene Edwards, vice president of advertising, Fruit of the Loom/JERZEES, remained in journalism prior to operating in advertising and marketing with a national seller. Michelle Moxley, director of development, The M&R Cos., has a history in visuals arts. After working as a development musician for Nike and also the Jordan brand name, she was Gildan's Honduras R&D embellishment supervisor.<br> Carleen Gray, CEO, GroupeSTAHL North America, has been with the company for 22 years. Wedged in between was a job in the automobile industry, where she states lessons learned in the decorated-apparel sector helped significantly.<br> "There was a six-year period [beyond Stahls'] when I worked within the automobile market, and I never dreamed my decorated-apparel experience would help me there, but it was essential in managing the Jeep, Dodge as well as Chrysler retailing programs," she states. "My whole job has been deeply lodged in structure brands as well as assisting people expand their services with decorated clothing.<br> Impressions just recently sat down with Clark, Edwards, Gray as well as Moxley to discuss their experiences in the market, responsibilities to future generations of women leaders and also much more.<br> Perceptions: This sector historically has actually been viewed as well as defined as male dominated. Do you assume such a characterization is fair or real? Why or why not?<br> Shirley Clark: Maybe it's since I grew up with 5 siblings, however I've never truly felt that assumption. My procedure has constantly merely been to finish the job. In the case of my own occupation, this has typically been to protect growth in sales, to increase the reach of a firm [as well as] to have a favorable impact on whatever market I remain in.<br> Jeanene Edwards: I assume you could say that any kind of industry historically has been male dominated. The decorated-apparel market is much more well balanced due to the extremely individual nature of selling clothing. From individual monitoring at exhibition and representative open-house occasions, I talk to as numerous ladies as I do guys. And also regularly, it's the women who are asking thorough inquiries regarding our product line, our printability and our rates. It's apparent that they're the business proprietor or manager and also have a substantial role in its success.<br> Carleen Gray: That characterization is absolutely changing-- a lot so that I do not also like to reply to this kind of concern. At Stahls', becoming the CEO had not been so much of a gender development-- Stahls' has actually had ladies in leadership placements from the first day. It was more about the truth that someone was promoted to this position from within the ranks, and that is what made it considerable for every person at the firm. For me, success isn't about appearing a glass ceiling or changing stereotypes; it's concerning just how well somebody does a job.<br> Michelle Moxley: I think it's coming to be more varied each year. There are more females in dominantly male placements than ever. There is still a strong masculine aspect, yet it is definitely extra well balanced than, state, even 5 years back.<br> Perceptions: Is it sufficient for a female to do her job and work hard in order to succeed in this market?<br> Edwards: I've always been fortunate to work for organizations where your job performance, not your gender, identified your success. At Fruit of the Loom, our CEO is Melissa Burgess Taylor, so we've absolutely broken the glass ceiling right here. My recommendation to males and females is that if you intend to do well as well as prosper, you need to show campaign as well as exceed and past your existing work obligations.<br> Moxley: Is it [sufficient] for anyone? Sometimes I believe I work harder than the following guy, or I have to since I am female, however various other times I assume it's since it's in my DNA to function actually hard. It's what I do, and also if my sex was various, I would certainly still do it. If your gender is interfering with you being successful, it says much more regarding the people you are helping than anything else. Discover a new path, forget the people that aren't your cheerleaders.<br> Impacts: What challenges or barriers have you faced as a female in this industry, as well as exactly how did you overcome them?<br> Gray: The capability to face challenges head on is much easier with the appropriate team. So much of my confidence originates from knowing the group's staminas. Company obstacles we've encountered consist of implementing new technology, financial management, policy and also compliance, recruiting top skill, locating the right approaches for growth and more. In the future I've found that sticking true to an easy tenet, such as "Get [Things] Done," is what actually works.<br> Moxley: I remember my very first exhibition, 2003 possibly, someone commented, "You don't resemble a screen printer." It had not been till much later on I realized the comment was in reference to me being a female. I am not a figure or an underdog. Sometimes in this sector, I have actually been labeled "the lady." You manage it and also push via it. Be tough, hold true and also understand you can be as good as the next "person"-- much better, also.<br> Impacts: Who has had the biggest influence on your job?<br> Clark: Probably my predecessors, in every setting I've held. In each situation, they have actually established the bar, providing me an objective to go beyond and setting the stage for development and also development. It has after that depended on me to step up, develop a road map and also move a business into higher market share and sales.<br> Edwards: My first job was benefiting Pace Membership Warehouse, a start-up subscription storehouse club that was eventually marketed to Sam's Club. Celia Swanson was the only women vice president and she was a fantastic instance of how women can lead and be valued in a male-dominated organization. She took place to end up being the first female executive vice head of state of Walmart.<br> Gray: Ted Stahl has been a directing force, ideas as well as advisor from the beginning.<br> Moxley: My concept has constantly been that there's no college for this. So I've always tried to find individuals that I appreciate most and also weasel my way into collaborating with them. Benefiting Larie Thomas truly subjected me to the best structure for the job selections I made. Working with Jamie McCrae educated me how to make solid industry relationships. Dealing With Beppe Quaglia has actually been a continuous ideas. Ultimately, benefiting Dave Gardner was a true emphasize of my profession.<br> Impacts: What duty do you think you need to future generations of "glass ceiling-breaking" women, if any?<br> Clark: I try to enable ladies and men to accomplish their roles with support and also the devices they require to prosper. I maintain an open-door policy, listening to concepts as well as suggestions. My obligation to women specifically would be to mention that-- if they have the capability as well as commitment-- there is no reason that must stop them from being successful and also making the respect of their peers.<br> Edwards: The best recommendations I have is to take responsibility for your own growth as well as look for opportunities to show what you can do. If you feel you've hit a glass ceiling in your organization, you can make them mindful that it's there. Finally, if you're not being offered the chances or even the credit score you feel you should have, after that it could be time to seek them in other places. In today's hot job market, skilled individuals have great deals of opportunities.<br> Gray: The largest responsibility features the understanding that you are making decisions that affect everyone in the firm. Both males and females. I have an obligation to concentrate on making the right company decisions for our customers, our firm and our employee for the long haul.<br> Moxley: Do what you enjoy, like what you do. My responsibility to ladies in my market is to continue being me as well as do my very best. I try to pay it ahead as long as I can, yet I anticipate credibility as well as real investment from those I collaborate with. "Believe in something and also be that thing" is my adage.<br> Impacts: What recommendations would you give to other women seeking to do well in this sector?<br> Clark: This is an incredibly innovative industry, and also one that is pretty nurturing contrasted to others. Imagination, excellent service and product high quality are going to give one a significant edge, despite sex.<br> Edwards: Printed garments and also promotional items are terrific job courses for ladies, as the industry relies upon connections and solution, which are areas where women often tend to stand out. Do impressive job and it will represent itself. If you provide unique items with a stress-free experience, your customers will certainly tell others, particularly in our social media-driven globe.<br> Gray: Don't hesitate to speak up. Claim what you actually rely on. Wonder and show inspiration. Be the individual that figures it out.<br> Moxley: Learn from those that came prior to you; constantly agree to find out something new; neglect the naysayers; and also be an initial.

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Borges 3647 Building, Rio de Janeiro

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Borges 3647 Building in Rio de Janeiro

5 Apr 2021

Borges 3647 Building

Design: Cité Arquitetura

Location: Rio de Janeiro, Brazil

The Borges 3647 Building, an architectural project developed by Cité Arquitetura, adopted as premises the valorization of the views of Rio de Janeiro (Brazil) – from some points it´s possible to see ‘Christ the Redeemer’ – and the integration with the remarkable landscape of Rodrigo de Freitas Lagoon, one of the most loved places for contemplation and exercise in the city.

The building mimics the landscape, and when you get close, the details are rich. The design fits, seen from the inside, with the delicacy of this project, which integrates powerfully from the details. As it has a lot of glass, it makes the lagoon very close to the ‘living’.

In search of quality views, besides the solution of implantation in the exact direction of ‘Christ the Redeemer’, the project sought large spans, in visual approximation with the surrounding landscape, also composed by generous canopies of the street trees, elements used to integrate in an elegant way with the surroundings. Still in relation to the dialogue with the outside, the building seeks through its details to interpret the Lagoon Skyline, taking advantage of the full and empty spaces to frame views, as large pictures of everyday life. The use of discreet materials stands out: besides glass, a first layer that forms the façade is composed of concrete and perforated metallic plates, while a second layer, that of the balconies, is composed of wood profiles in asymmetrical and varied designs.

Exposed concrete was used in all the beams, cemented that somehow ends up making the texture that looks like a fine roughcast. The aluminum railing with a woody finish and the pearly gray of the frames forms a backdrop for everything, giving it cohesion. The cut of the railing makes the special detail, with the path of the lines going through all the façade until the volumetric matrix and details that finish it.

The Borges 3647 residential building has six floors and is composed of two apartments in each floor type, one with three and the other with two bedrooms. In the plans, the positioning of bathrooms and kitchens was thought in a way to guarantee the greatest number of variations possible, meeting the needs of transforming the house to the resident’s taste and needs. The units on the second floor have private gardens, due to the configuration of the access floor, while the units on the sixth floor have rooftop terraces with panoramic views.

This new project, as well as Buildings Carmela Dutra e Lygia Reisen, in Rio de Janeiro, is part of Cité Design 360, where Cité Arquitetura office actively participates in all project stages, from feasibility studies to the creation of the enterprise’s name, its publicity material and executive project.

Borges 3647 Building in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil – Building Information

Place: Rio de Janeiro (RJ) Project start: 2016 Conclusion of the construction: 2020 Client: Performance Land area: 423,50 sqm Built area: 2.370,50 sqm Architecture: Cité Arquitetura – Celso Rayol and Fernando Costa (authors); Lúcia Andrezo, Beatriz Aguiar (project managers); André Caterina, Gabriela Sales, Daniel Osório, Letícia Burkardt, Vinicius Philot, Fabiano Ravaglia, Thiago Godoy, Júio Sartori, Ana Terra Vettori (team) Management: PI Architects Structure Review: CSP Consultoria Foundations: ABS Foundations Facilities: AQ Installation Projects Fire: Hidrofire Window Frames: B&G Arquitetura Consultiva Air-conditioning, mechanical exhaustion, staircase pressurization: Integrar Climatização Acoustics: Traço Verde Arquitetura Ambiental Waterproofing: GTI Projetos e Consultoria Visual Programming: Jorge Darzé Swimming Pools: Hibritec Anchoring: Meio Equipamentos Construction: Rios Engenharia Topography: Braga Neto Associados

Suppliers Casa Blanca (coverings) Grupo Paris (window frames) Nacional Madeiras (cabinetry) Portobello (coverings) Força Carioca (lighting) Thyssenkrupp (elevators) Chaleur Brasil (gas barbecues)

About CITÉ ARQUITETURA Cité Arquitetura is an 9-year-old company that experienced an exponential growth. In its first year, it was already working with more than 20 developers in Brazil. Founded by architects Celso Rayol and Fernando Costa, Cité Arquitetura values organization and method in the creation of projects and relies on a multidisciplinary technical team, prepared to design in different scales and programs. These attributes guarantee a quality control and more synergy in the meeting of the works with the city. Moreover, we believe that the projects that brought us awards are fruits of our understanding that designing is not a monologue, but part of a wider dialogue with the city.

Photos: Pedro Vannucchi

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5 Bedroom House, Funchal (Santa Maria Maior)

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5 Bedroom House, Funchal (Santa Maria Maior)

This gorgeous quinta is excellently located in one of the best known and prestigious areas of Funchal (Santa Maria Maior), with a superb view over the city and the ocean, just a stone’s throw from the centre and in quiet area.

The property with about 3.000 m2 in its totality, has two houses both with two floors: the main house and the guest house.

The circulation is made by a wide paved road to the Madeiran sidewalk, with beautiful lawn, a well maintained garden shaded by many indigenous plants and secular trees of medium and large size.

The guest house has a common room, two bedrooms, a bathroom and a kitchen, all on the upper level.

At the bottom we find the Quinta’s general laundry room and a pleasant barbecue room with bar and with an old stone oven to cook the tasty home made bread.

Outside, a covered porch for light meals and a terrace in the courtyard.

The main house has on the upper floor a large living room particularly well decorated in very modern style, a dining room, all materials of excellent quality with particular emphasis on the original floors in treated wood and the pillars and beams in wood, worked and lacquered in white of the main room to match with all the renovation in terms of ceilings worked of old appliqués in plaster with indirect lights, another room of daily use equipped with TV, internet, sound system, etc.., an extraordinary kitchen, completely equipped and modern, two bathrooms being a private suite and three fabulous bedrooms, spacious, with plenty of light, a mixture of furniture very modern contrasting in harmony with the antiquity of the property.

On the lower floor, we have two fours, one for ironing and the other for connection with a bathroom, a party room, with a disco, a bar, and the garage covered. It has 2 more bedrooms, a living room and a common bathroom, in addition to some storage compartments.

This house also has a pleasant attic, where there is an equipped games room and living room, giving access to a beautiful terrace with a breathtaking view over the sea, the surroundings and the whole city.

Outside, a swimming pool, with many green areas, exotic gardens, a playground, a second garage on the porch, a fabulous area of cultivated land, with fruit trees and vines, a cellar, a toilet to support the garden, two water wells, one being exclusive for irrigation (2 hours and a half every fifteen days) and some more rooms for various storage.

The property has been constantly target of works of recovery and improvements at all levels, always keeping the original moth but giving it greater and better comfort in each restoration. It is therefore in an excellent state of conservation and immediate habitability.

The upper floor of the main house (mother house) is fully equipped and furnished and everything is on sale with price to discuss.

An extraordinary Quinta not only for your home but also for your tourist investment in the market of Housing Tourism.

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40 maneiras diferentes de contatar seus clientes neste período de pandemia e isolamento social

Segmentação de mercado e inovação no setor imobiliário também estão entre os diferenciais da empresa para manter a liderança no norte catarinense

Fundada em 2006, em Joinville (SC), a Rôgga Empreendimentos é atualmente uma das 20 maiores construtoras do Brasil, de acordo com o ranking ITC – Informações Técnicas da Construção. A visão inovadora e o investimento em qualificação de equipes – em especial dos times de vendas – rendeu a esta construtora e incorporadora uma série de prêmios nacionais, dentre as maiores e mais inovadoras empresas do sul.

Para entender os diferenciais da Rogga, conversamos com Vilson Buss, fundador e presidente da empresa e presidente do Sindicato da Indústria de Construção Civil de Joinville (Sinduscon). Administrador e especialista em planejamento empresarial, marketing e vendas e MBA Executivo, Buss atuou por 20 anos como executivo no ramo industrial, incluindo atuação na Ciser Porcas e Parafusos (do grupo H. Carlos Schneider), de Joinville (SC), e está há mais de 10 anos no segmento da construção civil. Confira a seguir a visão do empresário para este mercado em 2019 e como trabalhar segmentação ajudou a Rogga a melhor performar no segmento.

Como e quando surgiu a Rôgga?

A Rôgga Empreendimentos surgiu em 2006, com a missão de oferecer aos clientes uma moradia com qualidade, que gere valorização no mercado e, consequentemente, satisfação para os clientes. Nosso objetivo é oferecer produtos e serviços confiáveis, com qualidade, conforto, segurança, inovação e sustentabilidade.

Atendemos a um público segmentado, por meio de linhas de produto padronizadas, que se consolidaram com pesquisas de mercado. As linhas se destacam pelos empreendimentos situados em localizações privilegiadas, escolhidas de acordo com a necessidade do futuro morador, e com diferenciais na planta e em áreas comuns. Desenvolvemos empreendimentos com alta competitividade, com um custo-benefício que diferencia nossos residenciais, e investimos em tecnologia e inovação para oferecer soluções cada vez mais sustentáveis.

Hoje somos líder no setor do norte catarinense devido a uma marca com alta confiabilidade, excelência técnica, gestão diferenciada e fortes parcerias no mercado, com fornecedores de primeira linha. Mais de 5 mil famílias já compraram um empreendimento Rôgga. Já entregamos mais de 380 mil m² de área construída nas cidades de Joinville, Jaraguá do Sul, Barra Velha, Balneário Piçarras, Penha e Florianópolis.

As pesquisas falam por nós. A Rôgga está entre as 100 maiores de Santa Catarina (96ª posição) e entre as 500 maiores do Sul do país (394ª posição), segundo ranking “Grandes & Líderes – 500 Maiores do Sul”, promovido há quase 30 anos pela Revista Amanhã e PwC Brasil. Neste ano, a Revista Amanhã também elegeu a Rôgga como uma das 50 empresas mais inovadoras do Sul, sendo a única do setor da Indústria da Construção.

Em 2018, a empresa também foi vencedora no levantamento “Best Managed Companies”, da pesquisa “As PMEs que mais crescem no Brasil”, promovida pela Deloitte e pela revista Exame, destacando-se também no segmento de construção civil, na quinta colocação. Ainda conquistou o 19º lugar no Ranking ITC, que classificou as 100 maiores construtoras do Brasil em 2017 e foi listada em terceiro lugar no setor de Construção Imobiliária do anuário “As Melhores da Dinheiro”, prêmio da revista IstoÉ Dinheiro. A Rôgga ainda foi a primeira incorporadora e construtora do Brasil a receber o Selo Casa Azul, categoria Ouro, referência em sustentabilidade pela Caixa Econômica Federal (CEF). 

Vilson Buss, fundador e presidente Rôgga Empreendimentos

Vocês têm Missão, Visão, Valores bem definidos? Se sim, quais são?

Nossa missão é melhorar o habitat humano, buscando excelência em qualidade, satisfação dos clientes e crescimento contínuo.

A visão da Rôgga é ser referência no setor pela confiabilidade, competitividade e inovações nos empreendimentos.

Os valores consistem em termos conosco:

pessoas motivadas, éticas e com forte iniciativa;

clientes satisfeitos;

confiabilidade para atender toda a expectativa gerada;

qualidade em tudo o que fazemos;

inovação na busca de novas e melhores soluções;

responsabilidade financeira e social;

segurança total no ambiente de trabalho;

simplicidade na maneira de fazer;

agilidade em desenvolver as atividades com rapidez;

austeridade em utilizar os recursos disponíveis.

Quais foram as maiores dificuldades nestes últimos dois anos, com a economia em recessão?

Apesar de termos tido crescimento nas vendas nos dois últimos anos, sem dúvida o fator externo gerou muita insegurança para o consumidor final, principalmente nos imóveis de médio padrão. Com os índices de desemprego aumentando, indefinição política e atraso das reformas, muitos preferiram não arriscar fechando negócios. Entretanto, temos percebido nos últimos meses que há uma retomada da confiança e aumento da demanda.

Quais foram os principais sinais de sucesso que começaram a aparecer, mostrando o acerto da estratégia e modelo de negócio da Rôgga nestes últimos meses?

Buscamos segmentar o mercado, tanto em portfólio de produtos quanto em localização dos mesmos. Isso ajudou bastante, pois temos opções de compra em cidades e empreendimentos diferentes. Trabalhamos hoje com cinco linhas de produtos (New, Soft, Easy, Comfort e Home), com preços que oscilam de R$ 120 a 900 mil.

O que vocês fazem que é totalmente diferente da maior parte dos concorrentes?

A Rôgga se destaca por trabalhar com segmentação de produtos, atendendo diversos tipos de público e mercado. Também temos parceiros de vendas, espalhados principalmente em Santa Catarina, Paraná e São Paulo. Além disso, atuamos com um sistema construtivo tecnologicamente avançado, o Rôgga Edifícios Sustentáveis (RES), que nos destaca muito na competitividade.

Especificamente em relação a Vendas (que é nosso foco na VendaMais), como vocês treinam a equipe comercial para reforçar seus diferenciais e não cair na guerra de preços?

A construtora possui um modelo exclusivo de treinamento e gestão do time de vendas através da Academia de Vendas Rôgga e o sistema Rôgga Sales Force. A nossa academia consiste em treinamentos frequentes junto ao time de vendas com objetivo de preparação e qualificação dos parceiros imobiliários que trabalham as vendas dos nossos produtos. Com a academia conseguimos identificar os “gaps” das equipes e preparar treinamentos junto com a gerência, para desenvolvimento dos profissionais, qualificando assim nosso atendimento. Além disso, temos um sistema de fácil utilização, o Rôgga Sales Force, que ajuda bastante no processo e gestão das vendas.

Rôgga Empreendimentos, obra Vila Açoriana vista de cima

O que vocês têm feito de especial para atrair novos clientes e que tem funcionado bem?

Localização acima da média, competitividade por m², qualidade do produto, entrega no prazo e acabamento são considerados os nossos diferenciais no mercado imobiliário, atraindo e fidelizando cada vez mais os nossos clientes.

E em termos de fidelização de clientes, algo em especial que façam para que os clientes continuem comprando ou fazendo negócios com vocês?

Temos um banco de dados no nosso sistema CRM que é trabalhado frequentemente à medida que novidades vão surgindo, como promoções, campanhas e novos lançamentos. Com isso, nossa equipe de vendas oferta a esse público com condições diferenciadas para aquisição de mais unidades.

Existe algo que era feito antes e que vocês PARARAM de fazer, por mais dura que fosse a decisão, para atualizarem seu modelo de negócios?

Preferimos falar daquilo que fazemos constantemente para aprimorar os nossos negócios como atualização e criação de novos produtos, busca de parceiros comerciais mais eficazes e sistema construtivo inovador.

Em quais áreas da empresa foram feitos os principais investimentos nesse processo de crescimento da Rôgga? Não só em termos de dinheiro/investimentos, mas revisão de processos, aumento de eficiência, etc. Ou seja, onde foi colocado mais foco e energia?

Nos últimos anos, a inovação tecnológica tem sido um fator de diferenciação na indústria da construção civil. A tendência das empresas inovadoras têm sido a busca pela melhoria contínua de processos e produtos, que resulta em aumento de qualidade e redução de custos.

Nos últimos cinco anos foram investidos mais de R$ 25 milhões, com recursos próprios e com apoio da Financiadora de Estudos e Projetos (Finep), destinados à implantação definitiva do sistema Rôgga Edifícios Sustentáveis (RES). O objetivo é desenvolver empreendimentos projetados com soluções de sustentabilidade, gerando alta qualidade de produto, maior competitividade e maior eficiência ambiental. Entre os benefícios, há diminuição de 80% dos resíduos gerados durante a construção, eliminando o uso de madeira, além da redução de água e de energia elétrica.

Além disso, concentramos esforços e investimentos no desenvolvimento da plataforma de vendas Rôgga Sales Force, e da plataforma Sua House, para gerenciamento dos leads.

Quais os próximos passos? Ou seja, o que estão planejando para o futuro? Qual o próximo grande objetivo?

Estamos otimistas com a retomada da confiança na economia com o novo governo. Para 2019, planejamos 12 lançamentos no mercado, totalizando a construção de 1.500 apartamentos, com um Valor Geral de Vendas (VGV) estimado de R$ 330 milhões. Os lançamentos irão contemplar todas as linhas de produtos.

Em cinco anos, pretendemos ampliar nossa atuação em um raio de até 200 km. Estamos avaliando entrar em mercados de cidades dentro deste raio. No momento, ainda estamos realizando pesquisas e estudos de demandas referentes ao potencial de vendas.

Que conselhos daria para um empreendedor pensando em iniciar um projeto pessoal mas ainda relutando se começa (arrisca…) ou não?

Antes de ingressar em qualquer negócio, é muito importante conhecer a fundo do mercado e suas tendências. Saber se o perfil do empreendedor combina com o tipo de mercado que pretende investir. Ter um plano de ação, um planejamento e definição das metas e objetivos do novo negócio. Além disso, é importante ter determinação, disciplina e trabalhar muito.

Existe algum livro, vídeo, filme, pessoa que mais influenciou sua trajetória pessoal/profissional e que você recomendaria para pessoas que querem resultados melhores?

Em gestão, tenho grande admiração pelo professor, consultor e administrador Vicente Falconi. Em seu livro “O Verdadeiro Poder”, ele relata, por meio de cases, questões importantes para que uma empresa possa se desenvolver e crescer.

Algum comentário final que gostaria de fazer para nossos assinantes e leitores da VendaMais?

Agradeço pela oportunidade em compartilhar um pouco sobre o trabalho da Rôgga por aqui, desejo que a leitura seja construtiva para os leitores atuantes na área.

Para saber mais:

Site: www.rogga.com.br

Contato: www.rogga.com.br/contatos/fale-conosco

Facebook: www.facebook.com/RoggaEmpreendimentos

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