Podcast appearances and mentions of Cliff House

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Play Episode Listen Later Sep 14, 2023 16:45 Transcription Available

There's a huge traffic alert on the Bay Bridge this morning! Does it seem like there is more traffic on our Bay Area roads lately? Here's why...The SF Giants replaced their headshots with drawings done by cancer patients at Friday's game. The Cliff House is coming back!Carolyn can't seem to go to sleep (on time) at night!Cort's daughter is one week away from going to college! Yikes!

The Cliff House is reopening in San Francisco!

The Morning Breezecast

Play Episode Listen Later Sep 14, 2023 2:22 Transcription Available

The Cliff House is reopening in San Francisco!

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130. When Buildings Collapse

This is Not a History Lecture

Play Episode Listen Later Aug 1, 2023 106:07

It's episode 130 and in typical This Is Not A History Lecture fashion, we picked a lovely theme - architectural disasters. Kat starts us off with a look at the Hyatt Regency Collapse in Kansas City then Kaleigh takes a look at the Knickerbocker disaster in Washington, DC and Cliff House in San Francisco.Let's Chat! Twitter: @TINAHLpodcastEmail: thisisnotahistorylecture@gmail.comRemember to rate us wherever you can!

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Jockey Danny Beasley - 11 June 2023

Sky Racing Radio's Big Sports Breakfast Weekend

Play Episode Listen Later Jun 10, 2023 8:59

Jockey Danny Beasley joins the show to discuss his winning double at Randwick yesterday on Cliff House and Pascero.

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How She Built the Instagram-Famous Cliff House Airbnbs in Kentucky's Red River Gorge — Meet Amy Dourson

Behind the Stays

Play Episode Listen Later May 5, 2023 58:50

Meet Amy Dourson from Red River Gorgeous, a collection of unique cabins, treehouses, and instagram-famous cliff houses in Kentucky's Red River Gorge. Growing up, Amy wanted to be a doctor. So, she spent a lot of her time studying as she was determined to go to medical school. But, after a series of adventurous and serendipitous events, Amy fell in love with carpentry and decided to exchange her dreams of becoming a doctor with a new dream to become a builder. When Amy met her husband Aaron, his family owned a few cabins in the Nada Tunnel Road in the heart of the gorge. The business — if you could call it that — was hanging on by little more than a wing and a prayer. As Amy saw it, the couple had two options — let the family business run its course or adopt a new vision of building a collection of unique stays that would introduce the world to the geological wonders of the Gorge that she had fallen in love with. The couple chose the latter. Tune in to hear how Amy transformed a side-hustle family business into a thriving hospitality brand, how she's strategically partnered with folks like Canopy Crew to build one-of-a-kind treehouses, how she's built the right team to support the company's growth, and her vision for the future of travel and hospitality. This episode is brought to you by our friends at Minoan. If you have more than one short-term-rental, chances are you use a system for your property management — something like Guesty or Uplisting. Well, Minoan is a TOTALLY FREE system that hosts use for furnishing and refreshing their homes. Minoan provides hosts with a one-stop-shop to get hundreds of discounts on the world's leading brands, and a system where you can manage all of the ordering, tracking, returns, etc. in one place. Saving you time and money! Create your free account here and be sure to tell the team that Zach from Behind the Stays sent you there way! About the Show Behind the Stays is brought to you twice a week by Sponstayneous — a free, biweekly newsletter that brings subscribers the best last-minute deals and upcoming steals on Airbnb. You can subscribe, for free, at www.sponstayneous.com. Behind the Stays is hosted by Zach Busekrus, co-founder of Sponstayneous, you can connect with him on Twitter at @zboozee.

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Episode 172: The Cliff House Investigation

Unrefined

Play Episode Listen Later Mar 13, 2023 62:13

We had the opportunity to go to The Cliff House in Manitou Spring, Colorado and conduct a paranormal investigation. This hotel sitting right at the bottom of Pikes Peak has had several accounts of activity in the rooms and on the property over the years. It survived a fire, some floods, and now we're here to tell its incredible story. Visit the Cliff House:https://www.thecliffhouse.com/All of our links:https://linktr.ee/UnrefinedPodcast

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Philip Costello Creates Sculptures & Carvings Through The Beauty Of Natural Wood

Makers of Maine

Play Episode Listen Later Mar 4, 2023 35:06

"I guess in my particular case, the wood sculpture would be more of a definition of what I do. A traditional wood carver uses chisels and gouges only that are very specific. I've found that using some electric tools and sanding, I can sometimes bring the piece to the point that I like. So I'm more of a wood sculptor than I am a wood carver so to speak. A traditionalist would be a wood carver, I'm a wood sculptor. I've always been intrigued since a young child, I've always enjoyed drawing. My grandmother was a tremendous drawer and painter, my Dad loved to draw and I love to draw. I've always wanted to carve but of course, life gets in the way of so many things and work and life and children and families and that sort of thing but was able to retire early. I said you know when I retire, which was proximately nine years ago, I'm going to start carving and I've been carving ever since," said Phil Costello.Phil and his wife had a store in Maine where they sold beach decor and home furnishings. The manager at Cliff House, Nancy White, came to their store to buy some of their product at one time when they were doing some renovation at the Cliff House. She saw Phil at the studio and she said, "I'd like you to do a seven-foot carving for us for our Discovery Center." And Phil said "a seven-foot carving is an awful large carving. Nancy, said, "I just like some height, because I'd like it to be a focal point in the middle of Discovery Center." A beautiful whale that Phil crafted now sits in this space and it's a beautiful piece especially when the daylight shines in through the windows and hits it perfectly showing its beautiful markings. He absolutely loves what he does and the craft seems so simple yet it can be challenging."Okay, first and most importantly, what are we going to design on? What is our design, what's our sculpture going to be? Sometimes we'll even do it in clay to kind of get a handle on what we think is best. And once we get a good idea as to what we want to sculpt or what we want to carve in the design and then we decide on the wood. There are probably half a dozen woods that are used for carving. There are a few that I've kind of prioritized over the years. Mahogany is one of the best woods to carve because it's very hard. It's very dense. It's got beautiful grain, but because it's very hard and very dense it's very difficult to carve and it's also very hard on your tools you have to sharpen more often. The other woods that you'd use would be butter, not basswood, I use a lot of Spanish cedar spanish. Cedar is a little bit lighter than mahogany, but darker than basswood, which are butternut, which is very light-colored wood. And it's got some beautiful grains to it. But most importantly, it's very soft. So the selection of wood would be the first one. And then what I would do is quite often when I design I try to bring my design in proportion to whatever I'm trying to design. Right now I'm working on an eagle. Obviously, I don't have a six-foot wings spread, but the eagle that I'm working on now is a four-foot wings spread. So then you have to proportionate correctly. Problem is when you're doing a large carving it is very difficult if not impossible to find a large piece of wood. So what you have to do is buy wood I buy it actually rough sawn, I then have a shop where I bring it down to edge. What I do is glue the blocks together in the form of the shape of what the carving is going to be starting with tools to take the major wood away what we call boasting or taking the larger pieces away till we get a rough, rough idea of what the actual carving is. And then we started with the finer tools to bring it down and hone it to the shape and size and detail that we want. That's basically it. And then most importantly, which I sometimes have a challenge with is the finishing of it is as good a woodcarver as I like to be or, or progressing towards, I still haven't perfected the art of finishing. So either my wife who is a painter, and finisher, or I'll bring it to a finishing shop and let them do the finish coat on it. Because when you spend a lot of time you've completed a beautiful carving and if you're you're it's time to have the finish, you can't go guessing as to the right thing to do you have to have somebody that's a specialty at that doing that type of work for you," said Phil.To learn more about Phil's wood sculpting career, who inspired him, and what he plans for the future, tune in to this episode.

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The Morning Breeze. February 10, 2023.

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Play Episode Listen Later Feb 10, 2023 15:28

Jack's Valentine's Day gift for Kim might arrive at the house while he's at work and she's home!What your favorite color rose says about you.College student shares a video of her parents struggling Santa Rosa restaurant and helps get patrons back!The Cliff House has a new owner!Burt Bacharach dies at 94 :(

488: Cliff House Camera Obscuras

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Play Episode Listen Later Jan 13, 2023 49:52

Arnold Woods is joined by Robert Tacchetto, the owner-operator of the current Giant Camera at the Cliff House; Gary Stark, creator of the Cliff House Project website; and John Martini, former National Park Service ranger to talk about the Cliff House Camera Obscuras and to update the damage suffered during recent storms.

590-Our Family Holiday Road Trip

Everyday Happiness - Finding Harmony and Bliss

Play Episode Listen Later Jan 12, 2023 4:05

A short recap of the holiday road trip in search of magical Christmas experiences. Transcript: Welcome to Everyday Happiness where we create lasting happiness, in about 2 minutes a day, through my signature method of Intentional Margins® (creating harmony between your to-dos and your priorities), happiness science, and musings about life. I'm your host Katie Jefcoat, and this is really just a story about our holiday road trip. The premise: Small New England towns that could have inspired a Hallmark Christmas movie. You know I love the holidays and twinkle lights and Christmas cheer and I had never been to Maine or Vermont, so that's where this road trip was taking us. We left on a Friday night and drove to Connecticut where we just slept for the night and ate the most delicious donut breakfast sandwich. The place, Donut Crazy in New Haven Connecticut takes a large yeast donut and cuts it in half. Then, they grill the inside just slightly. Take some bacon, egg and cheese and layer that between two halves of the donut. What is smart, is that they flip the donut so that your hands are not touching all the glaze, but the grilled inside of this deliciousness. Next we continued to the Cliff House Maine, where we were staying for 2 nights. The drive took us through picturesque Portsmouth, New Hampshire where the town square was bustling on the Saturday before Christmas. When we arrived at the Cliff House it exceeded all of our expectations. It smelled like fresh pine. A 3 story christmas tree filled the great room, wood burning fires everywhere and the banisters were adorned with pine garland. It felt like fancy Christmas. The room was amazing, ocean views and a little bunk room for the kids. We visited Kennebunkport Maine which ended up being our favorite stop on the driving trip. We indulged in all things Maine. We ate lobster rolls, Maine blueberry pie, drank blueberry soda and even tried our hand at some of the local craft brews. We happened on a Christmas themed bar that was everything I could have dreamed. It was a perfect way to warm up and to indulge in some Christmas cheer. Next we were off to Woodstock, VT. Woodstock is a charming little town and they sure know how to do Christmas. Unlike The Cliff House where you had to drive to anything you wanted to see, the Woodstock Inn was in the center of town and you could walk everywhere. They had a large fireplace the size of a human in the front lobby where guests congregated all day and night. We managed to get a spot and play a few card games by the fire and it was delightful. We took a drive up north to Stowe, Vermont where we did some ice skating, but we were not prepared for skiing, so we passed. We basically spent the week driving around looking at holiday lights with the snow covered trees and indulging in the most delicious meals. It was 24/7 family time and we loved every minute of it. So much, that when we got back home, we basically grabbed a board game and kept the good time rolling. So there you have it. The road trip in search of Christmas did not disappoint. If you ever find yourself in that general area, send me an email and I'll give you any pointers I can. Until next time, remember, kindness is contagious. Get Everyday Happiness delivered to your inbox by subscribing at: https://www.katiejefcoat.com/happiness And, let's connect on social at @everydayhappinesswithkatie and join the community on the hashtags #IntentionalMargins and #everydayhappinesswithkatie on Instagram Links: https://onamission.bio/everydayhappiness/

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Musée Mécanique, Part 2 (S5E2)

Storied: San Francisco

Play Episode Listen Later Sep 27, 2022 17:52

Funny thing: Do a podcast like ours long enough, and the most random and randomly awesome tidbits will pop in and make the cut. Last episode, it was the Doc Ellis "LSD" perfect game that MLB doesn't like to talk about. In Part 2 of this episode, it's New Orleans and P.T. Barnum. Musée Mécanique owner Dan Zelinsky shares the story of how his dad, Ed, bought the collection of the original San Francisco owner, George Whitney, and ran the Cliff House location until around 2002. Ed Zelinsky found the spot at Pier 45 just before he passed away, in 2004. Whitney inherited a collection that showman P.T. Barnum brought to San Francisco from New Orleans. Much of it lived at Playland at the Beach before moving to the Cliff House, where it remained until around the turn of the century. Condemned building, fires, and pandemics later, Musée Mécanique thrives today at Pier 45 in Fisherman's Wharf. Part 2 concludes the history of the place and our episode all about it. Hear more from Dan as well as visitors Brian and Michael, from New Jersey and New York state, respectively. Join us next week as we kick off a series on San Francisco cemeteries! Photography by Michelle Kilfeather

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The Naiad Cove Exhibit / Artist Ellen Bepp / New Arrivals: Joanna Ho

Crosscurrents

Play Episode Listen Later Aug 17, 2022 25:13

Today, we visit a pop-up museum dedicated to San Francisco's Cliff House and take a look back at the iconic attractions at Land's End. Then, a third-generation Japanese woman uses art to tell her family's story of incarceration during World War II. Followed by a reading from Palo Alto author Joanna Ho. And, today's local music features "Thank You Come Again."

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The Grand Designs Special - Chesil Cliff House

The Right Move? The leading property podcast.

Play Episode Listen Later Aug 4, 2022 37:59

The saddest episode ever. That was how this particular episode of Grand Designs became known. Even Kevin McCloud couldn't fail to be moved. With over £7,000,000 of debt and a broken marriage, Edward Short wanted Chesil Cliff House to be a wonderfully unique family home. Sadly his children grew up and flew the nest before the project was completed. His Wife Hazel subsequently split. So have you got £10,000,000 to spare? That's what this Croyde super house is on the market for and we're speaking to the agent marketing the house - Nicholas Chbat of Match Property in Devon. But what does it actually take to design and build your own dream home successfully? Dan Grimshaw, who owns and runs Beam Development will share his expertise and experience. And you'll also hear about the council buying up homes to stop more Air BnBs coming along. Plus Simmo has ( another ) new qualification!!

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463: Museum at the Cliff Reopens

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Play Episode Listen Later Jul 2, 2022 67:51

The Museum at the Cliff has reopened! There's even more Cliff House and Sutro Baths ephemera on display and has expanded beyond its Gift Shop exhibit space and into former restaurant. John Lindsey of The Great Highway Gallery, joins the pod along with photographers, Dave Glass and Rob Brodman, to talk about the new photography exhibition in the Cliff House restaurant.

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Episode 3: Trisha Lagaso-Goldberg

Art Rebound

Play Episode Listen Later Jun 7, 2022 33:20

Have you ever wondered what an independent curator does? Recently I spoke with Trisha Lagaso-Goldberg, a self proclaimed "accidental arts administrator and curator" about her impressive career.Listen to find out how she went from volunteering at Southern Exposure Gallery in San Francisco after art school at the San Francisco Art Institute and San Francisco State to working on the Carlos Villa exhibition "Worlds in Collision" traveling from the Newark Museum to the Asian Art Museum in San Francisco as well as the incredible show "Land's End" with the For-Site Foundation at the historic Cliff House in San Francisco in 2022. See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

450: Fire(s) on Point Lobos Avenue

Suite Dreams Wellness Travel

Play Episode Listen Later Mar 12, 2022 42:16

The history of beloved buildings on Point Lobos Avenue seems inextricably linked to fire. John Martini joins Nicole to describe the conflagrations that destroyed cherished west side attractions like the Cliff House (twice!) and Sutro Baths.

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You Might Be a Wellness Traveler If...You Love Self-Care!

Play Episode Listen Later Feb 17, 2022 24:22

If you find yourself neglecting your own needs while rushing to tend to everyone else's, feeling frazzled and worn down, you may be in need of some serious self-care. And a bath or a massage just isn't going to cut it. No, what you need is a full day, or even multiple days, of rest and rejuvenation!In this episode, I cover some of my favorite wellness experiences at destinations like Vera Via in Carlsbad, California, Grand Velas Los Cabos in Cabo San Lucas, Mexico, Cliff House in Maine, and Red Mountain Resort in St. George, Utah. Join me and find out why it's important to recharge in order to share your light with others rather than letting it burn out entirely.Are you needing a self-care getaway and need ideas or help booking our next wellness vacation? I'd love to help. As your wellness travel experts, we take care of all of the planning, research, and arrangements, so that you can focus on the important part: creating memories and changing your life, one travel experience at a time.Discover our services below.

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The Morning Breeze. January 20th, 2022.

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Play Episode Listen Later Jan 20, 2022 15:33

It's a foggy morning in the Bay Area!Tips on juggling a better work-life balance.The latest on the Cliff House restaurant space in SF. Brighter Side! Russilino is bragging on his mom.Would you go back to a restaurant that gave you food poisoning?

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Hillbilly Horror Stories

Play Episode Listen Later Jan 10, 2022 43:23

Jerry & Tracy discuss 2 of San Francisco Bay's most haunted locations, The Sutro Baths & the Cliff House.

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441: The Museum at The Cliff

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Play Episode Listen Later Nov 27, 2021 58:44

If you haven't already visited the Museum at The Cliff, where we are displaying many of the Cliff House and Sutro Baths historical items successfully won at action - get to it! We're open Thursday through Sunday from 11:00 - 4:00 PM located at the Cliff House Gift Shop. The Museum would not have been possible but for the herculean effort by our podcast guests: Alexandra Mitchell of ACT Art Conservation and John Lindsey of The Great Highway gallery in collaboration with Western Neighborhoods Project. Hear how a magical series of events had to fall into place to bring the Museum into existence.

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Secrets of the Cliff House!

Total SF

Play Episode Listen Later Nov 19, 2021 33:14

The future of the Cliff House restaurant space is in limbo, but it remains a destination, after the Cliff House Museum moved into the gift shop and set up an exhibit showing the history of entertainment on San Francisco's northwest corner. Total SF hosts Peter Hartlaub and Heather Knight sit down with Western Neighborhoods Project executive director Nicole Meldahl to talk about the recent auction that contributes heavily to the museum collection. Hartlaub, Knight and Meldahl also discuss the potential future of the Cliff House. The Cliff House Museum is open from 11 a.m. to 4 p.m. Thursday through Sunday through early April, and is free to the public. More information here. Produced by Peter Hartlaub. Music is "The Tide Will Rise" by the Sunset Shipwrecks off their album "Community" and cable car bell-ringing by 8-time champion Byron Cobb. Follow Total SF adventures at www.sfchronicle.com/totalsf Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

178: 50th Anniversary of the Sutro Baths Fire (Repodcast)

Play Episode Listen Later Nov 6, 2021 21:33

Have you visited our Museum at The Cliff? Through mid-April 2022, see artifacts from the Cliff House and Sutro Baths, now on display (Thursday-Sundays) in our free pop up museum located at the former Cliff House Gift Shop. Some of the pieces in the museum were saved, first from the fire at the Sutro Baths, which is the topic of this podcast, and again more recently when a fundraising effort allowed Western Neighborhoods Project to acquire these items at auction. So drop by! We'd love to see you. We'll return soon with new podcast episodes.

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265: Sutro Women (Repodcast)

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Play Episode Listen Later Oct 24, 2021 27:12

Museum at the Cliff is now open! Our pop up museum is open Friday-Monday (11:00 - 4:00 PM) at the former Cliff House gift shop until mid-April 2022. https://www.outsidelands.org/Event/500. In celebration (and because we're crazy busy) we're repodcasting Cliff House and Adoph Sutro-related episodes. This week's podcast is on Adolph Sutro's women.

386: The Cliff House Project (Repodcast)

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Play Episode Listen Later Oct 9, 2021 33:10

In celebration of the upcoming Fall 2021 opening of WNP's Museum at the Cliff and assuming stewardship of the Cliff House Project web site (www.cliffhouseproject.com), we're repodcasting this episode with the site's founder, Gary Stark to talk about his organization and share some fascinating facts about the ever evolving, west side landmark.

Manitou Springs, Colorado: A Walking Tour of Things to Do

Hashtag Colorado Life

Play Episode Listen Later Sep 24, 2021 10:28

#56: Just west of Colorado Springs, at the foot of Pikes Peak, is the quirky mountain town of Manitou Springs. It's known for its natural mineral springs, mountain landscapes, quaint shops, and beautiful parks. From the Cliff House to the Penny Arcade and the Manitou Incline trail, there are endless things to do in this small town. In this episode, Ryan and Carrie share the top things to do and their favorite places to see in Manitou Springs, Colorado.Many of the old 1900s buildings and homes in Manitou Springs are still standing, which gives the town an old, historic feel. If you're looking for a unique walking tour with a laid-back vibe, then Manitou Springs is the town for you.For more information and resources about exploring Colorado, visit the website at HashtagColoradoLife.com or @HashtagColoradoLife on Instagram.

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438: Miniature Mansions Makers

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Play Episode Listen Later Sep 11, 2021 68:26

Elizabeth Larke Blodgett, mother and passionate supporter of returning Great War soldiers, took her doll house making hobby to incredible levels. One masterpiece miniature house, has been featured at the Emporium downtown and at the Cliff House, Nicole and Michael are joined by a very special guest and Elizabeth's granddaughter, Janet Dyer.

423: Saving the Cliff House Collection

Play Episode Listen Later Mar 27, 2021 61:54

When the Cliff House suddenly closed in December 2020, its collection of treasures from Sutro Baths, Playland, and the Cliff House itself were put up for auction. Learn how a scrappy group of like-minded preservationists banded together to save some of the most significant pieces of the collection and what's next for the collection.

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C2 E6 The Last Bed was just Right

Play Episode Listen Later Feb 15, 2021 201:30

With a week of downtime in Alstead, the group sets about tidying up loose ends from Cliff House, some shopping and some... intense conversations...

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C2 E5 Expeditious Retreat

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Play Episode Listen Later Feb 8, 2021 225:58

Exploration of the Cliff House comes to an end, with the return to Alstead. An inquiry, some new 'friends' and a little bit of.... trading.

The Big Game. Pizza! Brighter Side. Bay Area Zoo's. Cliff House!

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Play Episode Listen Later Feb 5, 2021 11:05

How officials want you to celebrate the Big Game. Jack's pizza experience!A Breeze listener thanks her son's employer.We love our Bay Area zoo's! The Cliff House in San Francisco might make a come back!

San Francisco's legendary Cliff House may reopen!

The Morning Breezecast

Play Episode Listen Later Feb 5, 2021 2:00

San Francisco's legendary Cliff House may reopen!

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C2 E4 Encounters of the Cramped Kind

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Play Episode Listen Later Feb 1, 2021 284:25

The Journey through Cliff House comes to an end... with some fiery action and slippery slides.

C2 E3 Dem Bones, Dem Bones

Play Episode Listen Later Jan 25, 2021 218:51

The adventuring party descends into the belly of the Cliff House, finding surprises along the way~

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C2 E2 Ghost of a Clue

Play Episode Listen Later Jan 18, 2021 191:24

The Party starts their search for information into the Cliff House and the mysterious transformation potions...... Also Pirates?

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412: Evolution of Point Lobos Road and Merrie Way

Sarah and Vinnie Full Show

Play Episode Listen Later Jan 9, 2021 47:50

As if Playland, the Cliff House, and Sutro Baths was not enough of an entertainment selection, nearby Merrie Way provided even more thrills. New recurring co-host, John Martini helps us understand how the area around Point Lobos Road evolved.

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December 14th, 2020 6am Alice News Network

Play Episode Listen Later Dec 14, 2020 17:59

The rain storm that happened over the weekend but there would be more to come, the covid-19 vaccine are arriving today in the US, the ICU’s in central California are filled up from covid-19 cases, San Francisco’s historic Cliff House restaurant is going to close permanently, Wisconsin officials are urging people to stop eating raw meat during the holiday season, and some fast facts! See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

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Ep 143: Post-Election Episode Ridin' With Biden with special call-ins from Comedian Dana Goldberg and Equality Vodka's Bert Gallagher

i love my wife podcast

Play Episode Listen Later Nov 12, 2020 60:31

Join Kelli and Anne for their 143rd NEW episode! This the their first podcast post-election and they begin by congratulating President-Elect Joe Biden and Vice President-Elect Kamala Harris. They discuss the relief when PA was called and how they believe the upcoming legal battles and recounts will still end with a Biden win. They also talk about working the polls on election day and the upcoming run-offs for the two Senate seats in GA and how important they are to win! Please support Jon Ossoff and Rev Rafael Warnock and donate if you can so they can beat the Republican Incumbents. Next they chat about a few weekend trips they have taken including to The Cliff House in Ogonuit, Maine, their son's birthday weekend in Montauk, NY at Gurney's Montauk Resort & Seawater Spa, their daughter's birthday overnight in Hoboken, NJ at The W Hotel and finally their upcoming weekend in New Hope, PA at the new River House. Finally, Anne announces a new upcoming Holiday concert form their home on December 1st at 8pm ET on Facebook Live! Make sure to tune in and also help support Stockings With Care, an incredible organization helping buy Christmas gifts for children in need in NYC. They have a couple of special call-ins guests this week. First they have the incredibly funny comedian Dana Goldberg joining to chat about this historic election PLUS to just make everyone laugh. Follow her on social media at @DGComedy and listen to her podcasts The Daily Beans and Out In Left Field on all podcasting apps. Finally they have a special call-in from the co-owner of Equality Vodka, Bert Gallagher. We know that you know Bert from his fabulous 5 o'clock somewhere segments every week on our show, but he has some fun holiday shopping ideas to share with us! Check it all out at www.EqualityVodka.com and ask for Equality Vodka and your bars, restaurants & liquor stores. As always, they end with a cocktail from Equality Vodka. This week they are serving The Biden Blue!

How to Stay in Seaside Luxury at Cliff House Maine

The Insider Travel Report Podcast

Play Episode Listen Later Nov 3, 2020 11:03

Nancy White, managing director of Cliff House Maine, talks with James Shillinglaw of Insider Travel Report about her Cape Neddick resort, which hugs the cliff overlooking the Atlantic waves. With outdoor and indoor pools, a full spa, two great seafood restaurants, 226 oceanview rooms and a history dating from 1872, Cliff House is the perfect Maine seaside resort. For more information, visit www.cliffhousemaine.com. Insider Travel Report Youtube channel or by searching for the podcast's title on Youtube.

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401: Billington Brothers Photography

Personal Finance from the Hill-Top

Play Episode Listen Later Oct 17, 2020 35:58

The Billington Brothers are the photographers behind many of the images seen on OpenSFHistory.org around the Cliff House, Sutro Baths, and Land's End. Special guest John Freeman joins the Pod to tell us how the brothers transformed themselves after arriving in San Francisco.

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EP 141: Robyn Levy, Creator & Executive Producer of The Facts Of Wife, a new lesbian ensemble docu-series, chats about family & all the incredible things she has coming up

i love my wife podcast

Play Episode Listen Later Oct 15, 2020 60:21

Join Kelli and Anne for their 141st NEW episode! They begin this episode by talking about football! Next they chat about their upcoming weekend away in Ogunquit, Maine at one of their all time favorite hotels, The Cliff House. Plus Anne announcing that she has just released a single called It Might Be You. You can DL or stream it across all platforms. Make sure to listen until the end to catch a preview of the new song! Their special guest today is Robyn Levy, CEO of Famed Entertainment and Red Coral Productions and Casting. First hear about how she and her wife & two young sons have been holding up with being at home including home school and all that comes with that. Next hear about growing up in New Jersey and how she got involved in television production in college and never looked back. Robyn also chats about her time on The Real Housewives of New Jersey and how that time informed what she wanted to do next career-wise. Next she talks about developing a brand new and incredibly innovative streaming platform called Red Coral. Hear all about what makes it different plus new cool shows that are in pre-production or production on like "Top Tailgate", "MVP Wellness", "Celebrity Reno" PLUS “The Facts of Wife,” a raw, unfiltered lesbian ensemble docu-series that picks up where “The L Word” and “Modern Family” left off. Robyn is the creator and the Executive Producer as well as co-star (alongside her wife Christina Flores) on “Facts Of Wife”. They are still casting for the show plus looking for people all across the country to act as ambassadors & extras. For more info go to www.redcoralcasting.com or email info@redcoralcasting.com and follow Robyn on Instagram @RobynJLevy As always, they end with a cocktail from Equality Vodka. This week they are serving The Facts Of Wife!

Episode #3 - Laying the Foundation: Part 3

Play Episode Listen Later Sep 28, 2020 61:58

The best time to start investing was yesterday, but the second best time is today. - Tyler Landes, CFP®, AIF® of Tandem Financial Guidance, LLCIn episode 3, this is Part 3 and the finale of the Laying the Foundation miniseries to kick off Personal Financial from the Hill-Top. Tyler Landes, CFP®, AIF® from Tandem Financial Guidance, and Kyle discuss why saving is key to building margin in your life, and how investing is imperative to building longterm wealth on your quest to financial freedom. As always, we start with five minutes of fluff (which per usual goes beyond 5 minutes). This is a fun chat between two friends that'll maybe produce a new fantasy football team name for one of them!In the house of the wise are stores of choice food and oil, but a foolish man devours all he has. Proverbs 21:20Resources:7 Baby Steps,Rochester Brewery,Cliff House,YMCA of the Rockies,4 Seasons,Busta Rhymes Instrumental,Rollin' - Limp Bizkit,The Reformed Financial Advisor w/ Andy Flattery, CFP® - Never Retire EpisodeTyler Landes, CFP®, AIF® - Tandem Financial Guidance, LLCWebsite,LinkedIn,Facebook,Twitter,XY Planning Network (XYPN),NAPFA, Kyle Hill, CFP® - Hill-Top Financial Planning, LLCWebsite,LinkedIn,XY Planning Network (XYPN),NAPFA, CFP Board*This podcast uses sounds from freesound: Dry Transition by Electroviolence , and Metal Door Slam Shut by ecfike.

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Episode 453 Slasher Flick "The Cliff House" The Final Chapter

Twin Cities by Night

Play Episode Listen Later Sep 11, 2020 29:36

The wealthy and reclusive Augustus Tumptin has died. Invitations are sent to his distant relatives to bring them to the old man’s lonely manor. Join Mitch, Monica and Tilmann, as they see who will die and who will inherit The Cliff House. Slasher Flick is a game owned and produced by Spectrum Games. If you would like to support the podcast stop by our Patreon https://www.patreon.com/TwinCitiesbyNight Come by and visit our Discord! https://discord.gg/T9zeN9p Check us out on iTunes: https://itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/twin-cities-by-night/id1246523585?mt=2 Find us on Twitter! https://twitter.com/Twin_Cities_VtM Find us on Facebook https://www.facebook.com/TwinCitiesByNight/ Find us on YouTube https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCBUyj7h-xIhwsM3kHK56SRA For more White Wolf RPGs game play and media please check out https://www.facebook.com/groups/862703457198327

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We took the opportunity of a beautiful weekend to take a few hours off from work and venture up to West Maui. It was interesting to see firsthand an empty Front Street, Ka’anapali, and beaches. We walked the Kapalua Coastal Trail and only saw a handful of local residents enjoying cliff jumping at Cliff House. The weekend ended with an “aviate date” flight to Hana and back. Catch the video on our YouTube channel! Resources http://thealoha360.com/ https://www.flymauihi.com/ https://ther2h.com/ https://ultimateairmaui.com/ Join us on our flight to Hana! https://youtu.be/0Zu6ZCJdEKs Order fresh Maui Gold pineapples, coffees, tropical flowers and more from The Aloha 360! It’s a piece of paradise delivered to your front door and supports local Maui businesses. https://www.thealoha360.com/shop Road to Hana audio guide: https://ther2h.com/ Use discount code “MAHALO” for 50% off your digital download during the Covid-19 crisis. Did you know we offer a lei greeting service at the Maui airport? Drop us a message online or send an email to info@thealoha360.com for the details. Vacationing in Hawaii? Book a flight with an experienced instructor and see Maui from above! Follow beautiful coastlines, spot hidden waterfalls, and see majestic humpback whales breach before your eyes. All the while gaining practical insight and instruction on over water operations, mountain flying, Class C operations, and challenging crosswind landings. Fill out the inquiry form at: https://www.flymauihi.com/ Get a Kore Aviation headset! Use this link and you’ll save 10% at checkout: https://www.koreheadset.com/discount/FLIGHTSCHOOL?rfsn=1947882.ec1885&utm_source=refersion&utm_medium=affiliate&utm_campaign=1947882.ec1885 What’s Next? COMMENT on www.thealoha360.com FOLLOW us on social media at @thealoha360, @johncaubble, @lesliecaubble SUBSCRIBE on iTunes or your favorite podcast provider EMAIL US! info@thealoha360.com

25. Disappearance of Alissa Turney + Cliff House and Sutro Baths

The New Witches

Play Episode Listen Later Aug 26, 2020 78:12

We have a SUPER EXCITING ANNOUNCEMENT!! This is Laura's first episode officially as our new co-host! In today's episode Laura dives into the story of Alissa Turney and her sister Sarah Turney's investigative work to uncover the truth about Alissa's disappearance. This story most recently had a major breakthrough that pretty much blew up Twitter! For the paranormal portion, Maria covers the hauntings of San Francisco's Cliff House and Sutro Baths and their abundance of fires and eerie phenomenon. Let's get creepy! For more info on Alissa Turney:IG and tiktok: @saraheturneyYouTube: Sarah TurneyJusticeforAlissa.comWe've launched new cover art! Check out our amazing illustrator María Boutin on Instagram @besitosandgiggles or on her website https://mariaboutin-illustration.com/Support the show (https://patreon.com/thenewwitches)

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Baseball, Nail and hair salons, Bay Area bars, Creative kid, Cliff House, Disney!

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Play Episode Listen Later Jul 21, 2020 10:53

Baseball is back!Nail and hair salons can reopen (outdoors) in California.Bay Area bars are getting creative in order to bring money inA 6-year-old boy's mom challenged him to get creative and he really delivered!San Francisco's Cliff House restaurant closes (temporarily)No more eating while walking at Disney properties!

The Cliff House in San Francisco (temporarily) closes.

The Morning Breezecast

Play Episode Listen Later Jul 21, 2020 1:34

The Cliff House in San Francisco (temporarily) closes.

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386: The Cliff House Project

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Play Episode Listen Later Jul 4, 2020 32:58

Special guest, Gary Stark of the Cliff House Project joins the pod this week to talk about his organization and share some fascinating facts about the ever evolving, west side landmark. To see more Cliff House photos, visit https://opensfhistory.org/

03 Birth of the French Restaurant/2 recipes, At the Cliff House

Bohemian San Francisco by Clarence Edwords

Play Episode Listen Later Jun 5, 2020 13:56

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DINNER WITH CHARLES by Jim Gordon

TOWN PLAYERS OF NEW CANAAN RADIO THEATER NETWORK

Play Episode Listen Later Apr 8, 2020 14:35

Cliff House, Sara Goodbody's home, somewhere on the rocky coast of Maine. Investment guru, Charles Fleming envisions a profitable evening pitching his “can't fail” investment strategies to Sara and her friends. Unfortunately for Mr. Fleming, past successes are no guarantees of the future. With Cathy Cordero, Maureen Cummings, Marcy Whitten, and Tim Huber. Directed and Edited by Deborah Burke.

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Marc Dugas

The Boulos Beat: A Commercial Real Estate Podcast

Play Episode Listen Later Apr 3, 2020 46:09

In this episode, Greg Boulos sits down with Marc Dugas, a Portland-based hotel developer and founder of Dugas Development, LLC. In addition to numerous hotels across New England, Marc has been involved in the redevelopment and ownership of the Cliff House in Cape Neddick, Maine and Courtyard Marriott on Commercial Street in Portland. Discover Marc's views on hotel development, operations, what to expect in a recession, and his thoughts on hotel guests Mickey Mantle, Stephen Stills and more.

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Sutro Baths (SF) by Morgan Rees

Morgan Rees Podcasts

Play Episode Listen Later Feb 1, 2020 3:12

Sutro Baths (SF) by Morgan Rees The Sutro Baths was a large, privately owned opened to the public as the world's largest indoor saltwater swimming pool complex in the Lands End area of the Outer Richmond District in western San Francisco, California. Built in 1896, it is located near the Cliff House, Seal Rocks, and Sutro Heights Park. The facility burned down in June 1966 and is now in ruins within the Golden Gate National Recreation Area and the Sutro Historic District. This is part of a continuing series of Videos and Blogs. Episodes visit such notable cities as: London, Paris, Las Vegas, San Francisco, Israel, Napa Valley, Nashville, Monterey and including interesting locations such as: Stonehenge, Eiffel Tower, Changing the Guard, Tower of London - Crown Jewels, Windsor Castle, the Roman baths, the Senine River cruise, Champs-Élysées, Arc de Triomphe, Notre Dame Cathedral, France’s oldest perfume houses, The Louvre Paris Museum, Royal Estate of Versailles, Moulin Rouge, Claude Monet and more. If you are planning on traveling these podcasts are a good primer with useful travel information Listen and Watch Anytime, Anywhere Podcast: www.morganrees.com/podcasts Video: www.morganrees.com/videos www.MorganRees.com

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Ep 135 - Re-Reading Books and Mike Chen!

Reading Glasses

Play Episode Listen Later Jan 16, 2020 43:15

Brea and Mallory talk about re-reading books and interview author Mike Chen! Use the hashtag #ReadingGlassesPodcast to participate in online discussion! Email us at readingglassespodcast at gmail dot com! Reading Glasses Merch Links - Reading Glasses Facebook Group Reading Glasses Goodreads Group Amazon Wish List Newsletter Mike Chen Mike's Twitter A Beginning At The End by Mike Chen Books Mentioned - Arm of the Sphinx by Josiah Bancroft The Only Good Indians by Stephen Graham Jones The Girl Who Slept with God by Val Brelinski The Sandman vol. 1 by Neil Gaiman The Umbrella Academy vol. 1 by Gerard Way and Gabriel Ba Paper Girls, Volume 1 by Brian K. Vaughan, Cliff Chiang (Artist), Matthew Wilson (Artist) Stardust by Neil Gaiman I Am Legend by Richard Matheson Get In Trouble by Kelly Link The Ten Thousand Doors of January by Alix E. Harrow Rule by Rowenna Miller A Royal Pain by Ellen Conford The Séance by Joan Lowery Nixon The Haunting at Cliff House by Karleen Bradford An Unkindness of Magicians by Kat Howard Neverwhere by Neil Gaiman Jade City by Fonda Lee The Haunting of Hill House by Shirley Jackson

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The 4% Solution w/ Chip Eichelberger

The Coach Bru Podcast

Play Episode Listen Later Dec 10, 2019 67:47

Live from The Cliff House overlooking the Atlantic Ocean in Cape Nedick Maine I'm joined on the podcast by friend, mentor and colleague Chip Eichelberger. Chip has been a long time mentor of mine and someone I'd place on my Mt. Rushmore of mentors. We discuss his 4% Solution and go off on a bunch of fun tangents related to your personal and professional growth. Did you enjoy the podcast and want more content like this? I'm giving away tips for doubling your business results when you subscribe to The Daily Bru which is my eNewsletter. You can do so at: https://www.CoachBru.com or by texting BRU to 22828. For more info on Chip: Text CHIP to 66866 to receive all the details on his 4% solution and visit his website: http://www.GetSwitchedOn.com --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/coachbrupodcast/message

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Today's World LEAP Sand Castle Classic

Today's World

Play Episode Listen Later Oct 17, 2019 15:32

Sue Hall speaks with Jill Dineen, executive Director of Arts In Education LEAP. This year is the 37th annual Sand Castle Classic fundraiser October 26th 10-4p Ocean Beach near the Cliff House. 25 teams with 100 members each compete for best design. All raising money for Bay Area Arts Education in schools. Learn more or donate: http://leapsandcastleclassic.org/

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344: Cliff House Portraits

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Play Episode Listen Later Sep 14, 2019 29:00

In the early 1900s, some professional portrait photos were the selfies of the day. John Freeman drops by to talk about the photographers who made a living taking photos of visitors to west side attractions.

Best-selling author, RaeAnne Thayne discusses The Cliff House on Your Book Garde

Authors On The Air Radio

Play Episode Listen Later Apr 23, 2019 31:00

#1 Publishers Weekly, New York Times and USA Today bestselling author RaeAnne Thayne finds inspiration in the beautiful northern Utah mountains where she lives with her family. Her books have won numerous honors, including seven RITA Award nominations from Romance Writers of America and a Career Achievement Award from RT Book Reviews magazine. Tina Susedik is an award-winning, Amazon best-selling, multi-published author with books in both fiction and non-fiction, including history, children’s, military books and romances. Her favorite is writing romance stories where her characters live happily ever after. Tina also writes spicier romance as Anita Kidesu. Her romantic suspense, “Love With a Side of Crazy,” was recently named for Book of the Year in Romance with Authors on the Air Global Radio network. Your Book Garden is a copyrighted podcast owned by Authors on the Air Global Radio Network

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320: Ferries & Cliff House Railroad

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Play Episode Listen Later Mar 30, 2019 31:20

Steam locomotives once puffed through the Richmond District.

Check, Please! Bay Area reviews: Sutro’s at the Cliff House, El Coqui Puerto Rican Cuisine

Check, Please! Bay Area Podcast

Play Episode Listen Later Jul 12, 2018 27:10

Check, Please! Bay Area reviews only two restaurants this time; a historic San Francisco spot with stunning sunsets, classic cocktails and elegant cuisine and an eatery in Santa Rosa serving up Puerto Rican cuisine.

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Ep 93 - After All The Good Is Gone

Lousy San Francisco Podcast Season 3.1 - SKMorton.com

Play Episode Listen Later Apr 18, 2018 59:35

You can tell a show is on its way out when the focus and enthusiasm of its participants begins to wane...and they add a new kid to the cast... or Ted McGinley. We couldn't afford McGinley so ladies and gentlemen: Mr. Conway Twitty.To be fair, SK and Pete can hardly be blamed for their low energy performance. Pete is becoming increasingly more busy with his musical career (Including his new album) and SK doesn't know any more things. This is evidenced by the updates this week which focused more on SK's jacket, his eating off of the desk, and his inability to keep up with his editing duties than it did the problems with the SF Municipal Transportation Agency. But hey, this one got posted...four months late and on a Wednesday.Ultimately the two did get around to the night's theme of Land's End. They discussed Ocean Beach, the Outside Lands and Carville, the Cliff House and the baths of both Sutro as well as Lurline. SK gave his interpretation of facts when it came to Playland-at-the-Beach, It's Its, the Norwegian Gjoa, the SkyTram, Murre eggs at the Farallones Islands, Naiad Cove, Mile Rock, Seal Rock, Flag Rock, Kevin Hart and The Rock, O'neill wetsuits and [appropriately] jumping sharks.To top it all off and sum it up: We talked about the Lyman Stewart, Frank Buck, Ohioan, SS Coos Bay, Rio De Jinero, Parallel and Yosemite stories....it was a ship wreck.

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Mixed Reality Part 1: Microsoft

Windows Insider Podcast

Play Episode Listen Later Dec 13, 2017 38:38

Over the next two episodes, the Windows Insider podcast explores all things mixed reality. In part 1, we chat with the Hololens team about design elements in Windows Mixed Reality and how developers can get started creating immersive experiences. We also hear how virtual reality enhances social life and creates community with people from all over the world. Find out more about Windows Mixed Reality here: https://aka.ms/MoreInfo_WindowsMixedReality Episode transcript ALEX KIPMAN (from video): Now we're standing together at the threshold of the next revolution of computing. Now, the thing that excites me about this revolution is that computers will empower us to renegotiate our very contract with reality, giving us the capability to transcend time, space, and devices In this revolution we will immerse ourselves in virtual worlds of our choosing, and we'll be able to accomplish impossible things. And we'll be able to do all of this while creating lasting memories with the people that we love Our very sense of reality is set to be transformed as we enter this new era of computing, the era of mixed reality JASON HOWARD: That's Alex Kipman, Technical Fellow here at Microsoft, delivering the keynote at a recent event where he unveiled the company's vision for mixed reality And as you can tell from that clip, his vision is a bold one. Microsoft's plan for mixed reality is nothing short of transforming the way people interact with the physical and digital worlds But let's back up for a second. What is mixed reality, and what will it enable us to do? Welcome to the Windows Insider Podcast where we explore all things Windows, the Insider community, and beyond I'm your host, Jason Howard. You're listening to Episode 10, the first of a two-part series where we'll explore mixed reality Microsoft has been a pioneer in mixed reality, also known as MR, starting with the groundbreaking launch of HoloLens in 2015. The HoloLens is the world's first untethered holographic computer that enables people to have experiences that blend both the physical and digital worlds To learn about recent developments in MR I've invited a couple experts from the HoloLens team to the podcast today BECKY HARUYAMA: My name is Becky Haruyama, and I am a Principal Designer for the Windows Mixed Reality Engineering Team. And what I've been focusing on most recently is the customer experience in the physical Microsoft stores where people who are going out and looking at what is this Windows Mixed Reality, we have design and experience for them to kind of better understand why they should invest in this KATHERINE HARRIS: Yeah, and I'm Kat Harris. I am also on the Windows design team, but I am a developer and I work mainly with our open source toolkits that we provide to developers to help them really dive into working with our headsets, and making very high quality, cool, new experiences and new tools for their companies or bringing their ideas to life JASON HOWARD: So Becky, let me ask you, what is your definition of mixed reality? BECKY HARUYAMA: So we are familiar with the physical world. We live in it every day. It's made out of atoms. It's things that you can touch. And then there is this digital world that is made out of pixels. And mixed reality is the blending of those two realities together And so while that is still really abstract, if you start thinking about augmented reality and virtual reality, those are actually under the spectrum, the umbrella term of mixed reality So augmented reality is when you have digital artifacts in your physical world, so you can see your environment, you can move around inside of it, and there are digital artifacts that are around. And there's different kind of fidelities of that And then of course on the virtual reality side your environment is completely digital. And there's not really like a hard edge line, it's more of a blending of people, places, and things. And so you could have a fully digital person in a fully physical location or physical place. And so it's really like Alex Kipman talks about this dial, the mixer, that kind of mixes people, places, and things between augmented reality and virtual reality. So there is no boundary between the two, it's really a mixture of those three characteristics under the umbrella of mixed reality JASON HOWARD: So Kat, your work is focused on enabling developers to create mixed reality experiences. What are some inspiring things you've seen people do with this new technology KATHERINE HARRIS: A lot of different things. What's great about mixed reality is that it's kind of an open platform for a bunch of different industries to kind of jump into. You have the medical industry, you have education, you have training people. And it's this new exploratory like medium of giving content to people and kind of training their brains or delivering that content in a different way that they've never really experienced before And so we're enabling developers now to create new experiences that we would have never realized ourselves. Just being in the tech industry we're kind of in our own little bubble. But getting to share this technology with a bunch of different people allows them to create some really cool things I met a woman last week actually who was working in robotics, and she was using the HoloLens to control multiple robots and like control where it was going. And I was asking her, like, oh, that's so amazing. She's like, yeah, what would be really cool eventually is to be able to have a counterpart application in immersive reality, and have the headsets where people could experience like what the robot was experiencing perhaps. And that way you have one person controlling it with the HoloLens, and another person experiencing what the robot is experiencing JASON HOWARD: Wow KATHERINE HARRIS: Yeah, exactly. I was like, oh my gosh, that's so cool, I want -- I want that application now BECKY HARUYAMA: Tell him about what that event was KATHERINE HARRIS: Oh yeah. So last week, we had an event with women in VR. We invited a bunch of women creators who had HoloLens out in the field in LA, New York, Paris, and had them all come in for a two-day workshop to kind of introduce them to the new headsets, as well as showcase their awesome HoloLens applications So there was about nine or ten different applications that people were showing off. One of them was a museum application called HoloStoria where museums could use it, and you can have 3D assets, place them around your museum, scale them up, add 2D information to also display to the user. And you didn't need to know anything about programming to use it. So you could give it to curators and stuff, and they could just easily go around and create their museum add-ons or extensions to their physical locations And a couple other fun ones, there was one where you defend kittens from aliens attacking. So that's more on the gaming side One person was using AI to train a dragon. Think of a Tamagotchi, but with a dragon that could interact with your physical world. So it knew where walls were, it knew where the ground was, it could fly and burrow and avoid stuff, and you could interact with it, give it commands We also had like art installations where you could see a stage and interact with your friends and see this art installation come to life Muralize is a very popular application where you take your Instagram feed or any Instagram photo and put it on a wall, pin it there, and then you can actually have paints and stuff and paint the wall with the headset on, so you can see your art. So it's helping artists create in a new way that I would have never been able to come up with BECKY HARUYAMA: And this whole thing was kind of identifying people out in the wild who are creating amazing things on HoloLens, and then the effort was helping them kind of port these experiences over to Windows Mixed Reality immersive headsets, just to kind of enable them to have broader reach JASON HOWARD: So it sounds like developers obviously they have their hands on this, they are doing great things already. What are some of the key things that, Kat, you and your team are doing to enable developers to have a good experience in this space KATHERINE HARRIS: Yeah, there's a bunch of things that we're trying to do to meet developers where they are So we have a repository on GitHub called the Holo Toolkit. And it's a toolkit of assets and scripts that developers can use with the engine Unity. It's a game engine to use simulations or create 3D environments. And using those scripts and the toolkit they can easily get started with the basic foundations of how do you do spatial mapping, how would one do like hand gesture for tapping or gaze. And so the scripts are already given to them JASON HOWARD: Let's talk about some of the design elements in Windows Mixed Reality. Becky, can you tell us about the considerations you and your team had during development BECKY HARUYAMA: We really wanted to make sure that we had content that would be interesting to people who are gamers, people who are not gamers, men and women, different ages. And so we had that as a goal And then we were also looking at the Cliff House, which is our kind of, quote/unquote, "home" in mixed reality. It's the environment that you cruise around when you're inside the headset. And we looked at the design of the quote/unquote "architecture," and there are different spaces in the Cliff House And so we looked at what we call these different psychological fields or what are the things that you do in these different types of rooms or these different kind of locations. So we have a back patio. It's really beautiful. It's very relaxing. You're looking out over Mt. Rainier. You can go outside and there's birds chirping. So the psychological field for that is relax and dream And then we have a studio which is more your typical kind of office studio space. And that's more for creativity and productivity And then we have the deck which overlooks the water. There are these floating islands. We like to have a little bit of fantasy in with our reality. And that one's more aspirational. It's more like what's next for me. I'm about to decide what I'm going to do with my life. And so that room is learn and discover And then we have the theatre, which is this really amazing, huge space that is where you have your games and your movies and it's more about like escaping and playing So we kind of had that as our organizing principles for the way we wanted the demo to unfold. We looked at what content we needed in each of those locations to kind of ensure that we would have an experience that would really resonate with a wide group of people JASON HOWARD: Can you tell us a little bit about the history of the Cliff House and why is that the first place you land in the Windows Mixed Reality world? BECKY HARUYAMA: So one of the things that I think is really interesting when we talk about mixed reality is realizing that on our desktop our 2D screen when you go to the Start Menu, like that's kind of your center of gravity, like that's how you go back to it, it's how you move around, and that is kind of kind of the paradigm that we use So when you think about transitioning into a spatial analogy, and it's actually the thing that we're most familiar with in the world. Like we were born and we move around in the world, and it is a spatial interface, it is a spatial environment So when you think about what is a home, it's something that everyone can relate to, hopefully, that it is this place that is kind of central to who you are and to what you do. And architects and space planners really leverage these constructs that we're familiar with around what situation am I going to do in this room and in this room and in this room, and then you design kind of a place around it So having it be a home really seemed to make the most sense, because we wanted it to be familiar, and we infused some like fantasy into it, like I mentioned before with the floating islands. So it really is like this aspirational, amazing place that we wanted people to instantly understand how to move around within it But it's not your normal home. Like there are no doors, there are no windows. You can hop up onto the roof, which is my favorite place to go KATHERINE HARRIS: Same BECKY HARUYAMA: Yeah, it's so fun. It's got the best view And so it just seemed to make the most sense We weren't going to do like a forest. Ah, I'm lost in the forest, you know, or like you're on a beach. Well, okay, that's fine, but we wanted it to have a certain level of utility. We wanted it to be a place that was comfortable, and we wanted it to be neutral enough in the sense so that you could personalize it in the way which you organize all the things that matter the most to you, the apps that you like the most And it was actually inspired by a really beautiful modern house that was built in the 1950s, I believe, it was the Farnsworth House. If you look it up online, it's this really beautiful, kind of super simple, streamlined house, had a lot of glass, really simple lines. And the architect built it for his client to kind of support her hobbies, which were playing violin, reading poetry, and looking at nature. And so it was this really amazing kind of inside-out space that when everyone looks at this picture, it's like, oh, I really want to live there, that's like the most amazing house. And so that was a lot of the inspiration for the Cliff House And we picked the external environment to be inspired by our beautiful Northwest, and that's why we have Mt. Rainer there also JASON HOWARD: Nice. I actually didn't know that about the history. That's kind of cool that it's based off of an actual house that exists BECKY HARUYAMA: Yeah, well, a lot of architecture is this really interesting -- you know, you look for inspiration, and then you kind of apply it to the goals that you're trying to facilitate I mean, I think the most important thing is we wanted people to be able to identify with it, and to then make it their own. And so that was one of our main goals JASON HOWARD: So to the point of personalization and making Cliff House your own, right, do either of you have your own Cliff House that you've designed and customized and - KATHERINE HARRIS: Oh yeah, yeah. Becky, you go first BECKY HARUYAMA: Yeah, okay. So I have spent a ton of time in the headset kind of creating my own environment. And my favorite thing was when I put up the photos app, and put my own personal photos in, so it turned into like a slideshow. And so I'm hanging out in there, and I'm doing my self-hosting and kind of figuring out how we were going to create the demo for the retail stores. But then there's my family right there with me. And then we had kind of an internal contest of who could like make the craziest Cliff House. And some of the other designers made these amazing -- like they take the holograms and they would like make -- I don't know, there was like a hundred flamingos or monkeys, I don't remember what it was, or they'd like take the shopping bag and make it huge, or, you know, it's really fun, because there's a lot of scalability. You can play with the scale of things in a way that you can't do in the quote/unquote "real world." And so like playing with the holograms, and then putting your apps in the way that you want to, and like what's on the roof and -- okay, Kat, you go KATHERINE HARRIS: My favorite thing is to make the Netflix app as big as possible, so I have like an 80-foot screen BECKY HARUYAMA: Is that on the roof KATHERINE HARRIS: No. So there's like the media room, right? Well, there's a button on the side of the media room where it's just like a wooden room, but then when you hit that button, it turns into outer space. Or like not outer space, like the stars JASON HOWARD: Okay KATHERINE HARRIS: And it's beautiful. And I just like watching my new Netflix shows, and then seeing this beautiful skyline. And then it's like Netflix but then it's all my other media as well. I have a bunch of 360 video apps on the side, and then I have a bunch of games on the roof of the house, so I'll just pop up to the roof, and it's like 360, just all my favorite games. And then, of course, I use my holograms to like make it my own. So I have like a little dog hologram, a little cat hologram, just lots of pets and animals. Since I don't own any, I can have hologram ones JASON HOWARD: And no mess to clean up KATHERINE HARRIS: And no mess to clean up. I don't have to like feed them and stuff or forget to feed them, because that's why I don't have a pet, because I would -- they would die. I've killed a cactus. Never mind. That's another story JASON HOWARD: If you're ready to see the Cliff House for yourself, just go to a Microsoft Store for a free demo. You'll also be able to check out the different immersive headsets that are available now. I've tried it, and it's a ton of fun. Not to mention the fact that I scored Spartan the first time I played the new Halo mixed reality edition. Another exciting development in MR is the opportunity for socializing. This immersive technology can give you the chance to meet people from all over the world, attend live events in far off lands, and play interactive games Here to tell us more about the social side of MR is Katie Kelly from AltSpaceVR, one of the leading social platforms for virtual reality So AltSpaceVR provides an environment for people to meet up in virtual reality. Why is it important to have social spaces in VR KATIE KELLY: I think the better question is, why is it important to have social spaces in general. And I think in virtual reality having a place where you can hang out with other people is just a natural evolution of where we are with communication technology So you have Skype and you have videoconferencing and you have a phone, and we've gotten really tethered to these devices where you are only communicating through speech or looking directly at somebody on a Skype call. But you miss out on those things that we do when we're watching TV together, those natural interactions that you have when you're doing something together So what we think is that VR is the natural evolution of communication, is that you are going to have shared experiences with each other instead of being tethered by just your voice or through eye contact on a videoconference JASON HOWARD: So can you describe a little more what it's like being there in virtual reality just hanging out KATIE KELLY: Sure. When you go into AltSpaceVR, you don't know what you're exactly going to get, but our biggest goal is to get you to laugh, hopefully in the first five minutes So you can come into AltSpaceVR and you will first probably pop into our campfire. It's our communal space where there are people hanging out, and we have marshmallows and we have a forest landscape and a roaring fire, and that's where people go to hang out And so when you go in and there's going to be somebody there, they'll probably say hi, and you'll say hi back, and then you'll realize that you are talking from inside your headset, probably in your living room, hopefully with clothes on, to a random person that might be in Norway or might be in Sweden or might be in California or somewhere in the states, and then you just start talking And if you don't just start that conversation, we have lots of things for you to do to start to encourage those interactions. Our main goal is to get you to meet somebody new, and to have a good time, and hopefully make a friend And so we have games that you can play, we have dungeons and dragons, and we have chess, and we have Cards Against Humanity is our most popular, of course JASON HOWARD: That's a fun game KATIE KELLY: It's called Holograms Against Humanity in AltSpaceVR And you can go explore different environments. We have a full Mayan maze that will take you 20 minutes to get through, and you'll make some interesting friends along the way We have a disc golf course, and mostly we have events. We're really known for our events. You can come in at any point and see a community calendar of all the events that will be happening throughout the day or the week. And it spans the gamut from meetups to comedy shows to news broadcasts to live streams, our rocket launches. We do a live stream of SpaceX rocket launches. Those are some of our most popular live streams Because we've found that people want to experience these pulse moments together with other people. So what's a better way of doing that than putting on your headset, you're alone in your room in maybe rural Nebraska, and all of a sudden you're in a room watching something really cool with a bunch of people that could potentially be new friends JASON HOWARD: So as an individual, the experience, I put on my headset, and, you know, I get logged in, so to speak, right? What do I see of other people? Am I seeing actual images of them? Can they upload photos of themselves? Is it just like a representation, is it some sort of avatar KATIE KELLY: So right now you're an avatar. And we have a range of different avatars that you can customize, mostly with different colors for different robot avatars, and then we have a male and a female avatar with a couple different clothing styles, different races, different hair colors. And so that's where we are right now with our avatar system. And so when you go into a room, you see a bunch of other avatars But what's interesting, if you haven't tried VR, is it's really hard to explain how present you actually feel with other people. My father has a Gear VR that I got him years ago when I first started at AltSpace so that we could experience what it was like hanging out with somebody you knew in VR. And he's always a white avatar with red stripes, with his hands behind his back. But after probably, I don't know, 15 minutes, I completely just associated that avatar as my father. At one point, he switched avatars, and I was like, no, dad, you've got to back, now you're just in a different body. You were you when you were that avatar And we found that across the board that people really start to identify with the avatar that they are, and when I got into AltSpace and I see my friends there now, now that I have friends in VR, which is really strange to say, I recognize people based on their avatar. I'm like, Lea, hey, how's it going, and Peroxide, how's it going, so nice to see you in your red avatar JASON HOWARD: So it sounds like people from around the world are participating and joining in and getting together. Can you tell us a little bit about the people that are participating? Do you have any information about like the diversity of users kind of around the world KATIE KELLY: So our events are a testing ground for us to try a lot of things to see what people are going to like in VR. So we do a lot of things. I have done the first yoga class in virtual reality. I have held the first meditation meetup with our amazing previous community manager, Lisa Kotecki. And we've just tried to supply a lot of different things to see what people like to do And so one idea was to do meetups, and they've become really successful. So I did an LGBT meetup, and we had a good couple hundred people show up, and we talked about what it was like being gay around the world One guy was from South Africa talking about being gay down there. A couple in Australia was talking about fighting for gay rights. A man in Turkey was talking about having to prove that he was gay, because he couldn't join the military because he was gay, but they didn't believe him And then you had a girl in rural Nebraska that was 16, and she couldn't actually say the word gay because her family could hear her, because she was still in her family's house. So she messaged, she wrote a little text message to one of my coworkers that was in the space I was in. You have to use your imagination a little bit, but you feel like you're in an actual space with other people And he messaged me and said, "Hey, there's this girl here that wants to talk and tell us her experience, but she can't say the word gay. What do we do? And so I asked her, I said, what's something you just love to talk about? And she said chocolate. I said, okay, every time you want to say the word gay, say the word chocolate She told us about the first time she ever ate chocolate, who she liked to share her chocolate with, all the different kinds of chocolate that she liked. And then three weeks later, she came out to her family, because she felt like she had her community in VR that she saw once a week, and she didn't feel as different as she had felt before And those stories are happening over and over again, but those kind of moments where you wouldn't be able to find your community out in your neighborhood, you can now put on a headset and potentially find it from anybody around the world JASON HOWARD: That seems like it takes away some of that isolation, and so that you can connect with other people that are going through whatever particular experience they may be seeing or feeling or thoughts or topics or anything really KATIE KELLY: Exactly. Another example, we partnered with NBC last year to do a virtual democracy plaza. So we did a recreation of Rockefeller Plaza in VR that you could wander around, go to the ice rink. And then they brought in some of their amazing talent, Al Roker, Chuck Todd, Steve Kornacki, to do live newscasts in VR But what they also did was they brought in live streams the presidential debates into VR. So we did all four of them. And this sounds like it could go wrong in so many ways, right? Like you're inviting a very polarized nation and world to come hang out in virtual reality and watch this live together. But what we found was that people in general when they felt like they were really there with other people, they talked, they communicated. They weren't leaving mean messages on YouTube, they were actually having a conversation with somebody. So even while they disagreed, they were talking The first day after the elections, results came in, I held a casual gathering in VR asking people to talk about their thoughts. And we had Republicans, we had Democrats, we had people from outside the U.S. talking. And after about an hour, my heart felt so much better, because the main thing that people kept saying is, hey, we're in this together And I took off my headset after that moment and felt like I had gotten out of my echo chamber that I see on so many other social media accounts, and felt like, okay, I had connected with the people that I didn't necessarily know or have a face to, and I felt like we got each other. And that's what I've found in AltSpaceVR all the time JASON HOWARD: So that's interesting that you put it that way, because when you don't have some of that personal connection, you end up with a lot of what you see in social media, be it Twitter or Facebook or wherever, where when you don't know the person and it's just a flat 2D image and it's a wall of text that you're scrolling through, it's easy to sit behind your keyboard and type something that you may not necessarily say or not say it the same way if you were face-to-face with somebody or if you were in a group of people And it sounds like having this extra layer of feeling like you're there, even though you may not physically be there, it kind of takes that down and kind of resets people back to a moment of, hey, I'm actually talking to other people instead of just adding to a wall of text KATIE KELLY: Definitely. And I think what's important, too, is to acknowledge the work that the AltSpaceVR community has also done to make it a really welcoming place. I don't think it's just you're in VR now, you feel like a better person. I think we've worked, one, really hard to make sure that we are really welcoming to a diverse group of people. So we have live in VR customer support all the time. We have our community support representatives that are always there in the campfire, a living, breathing person in VR. I can't say that enough, because we're probably the first people to have that always there. And they are our first person that you talk to, first person to kind of intro you to the product if you have any questions going on. But also if you have any troubles, if any problems are arising, you can go and talk to a real person and say, hey, I'm having this issue And then on top of that we've put in some really amazing tools so that you feel like you have control over your environment. So if I am talking to you and your mic is really loud or maybe you're saying something I don't want to hear, I can mute you. And then that mutes you for the rest of the experience until I unmute you. I can also block you if I don't want to see you anymore. That will remove you from my experience, and will remove me from your experience. And then also when you block somebody, too, you can report like why did I block this person. And then you have the live 24-hour support. But then you also have a space bubble. And this one's really important I think just in VR because it's really easy for an avatar to get so close to you that you feel they're actually invading your personal space. It feels really uncomfortable. And so automatically when you come into AltSpaceVR, you have a space bubble around you that if somebody gets too close they disappear and their handle disappears. And then if you want to get closer, like if you have a couple friends, people love like cheek kisses in AltSpaceVR and fist bumps and hugs. There's this one woman, Clair, that lives in London. She's in AltSpaceVR a lot. And every time I see her like she wants to give me a hug. And I get so excited, I'm like, Clair, and we hug, and it feels like I'm getting a real hug by this woman from around the world So you should have that control, too, to be able to have those more intimate moments when you want, but if you don't, you have some tools at your disposal so you can take care of yourself JASON HOWARD: So earlier, you mentioned the concept of an echo chamber. And a lot of times that gets associated with like political thoughts and things like that. But if you expand upon it a little bit, you get to the whole like your social bubble of like the things you surround yourself with, right, the spaces you choose to participate in So how are you like creating inclusive experiences for all kinds of people? It sounds like you're already taking steps down that path KATIE KELLY: I think our events is where we start. So you can think of an event almost as the easiest way to create VR content, especially if you're not a developer. And also we should talk later, too, about all the developer tools we have. But specifically with events if you are just a random person, again maybe living in rural Nebraska, not to pick on rural Nebraska, but you can go into VR, set up an event, and you automatically have a way to talk to a lot of different people. And our community has been creating most of the events that we've had, especially the last couple months. And those have included things like book clubs and poetry meetups and writing workshops for NaNoWriMo last month. And we've had yoga classes and meditation and talent shows, talk shows. Talk shows have become really popular where you kind of have the original feeling of YouTube. You have these people that recognize the power of the platform, and they were basically unknown before, but now they're creating a presence in VR This amazing woman, Vivian, if you ever come into VR, you'll see her show. And she comes on, and she just puts together this amazing show where she'll have games and trivia and invite people from the audience to come and participate But we're creating a new medium, and it's really fascinating. And what that goes back to when it comes to diversity is that our events aren't games, they aren't attracting just a gamer audience that usually skews male. We're attracting a wide range of people because we aren't a game, we're an experience So if you come into AltSpaceVR and you want to go to an event, you might go to a meditation event or there's actually a slumber party I think on Monday night. And women and men are welcome, but it's run by a bunch of women that wanted to have an event where they could connect with other women and watch movies and TV and just hang out So that's what makes me really excited about the diversity possibility of VR is that AltSpaceVR is showing that there's a lot of people out there that want to experience VR. They just don't necessarily know where to go, and AltSpaceVR seems to be a great place for them to start JASON HOWARD: Yeah. So having this type of space, and I know we touched on a moment about ago about muting and blocking people, things like that, right? And as we mentioned before, on traditional social platforms there's the whole concept of trolling and annoying people and people that are out to in essence create an unwelcoming environment or they try to take over conversations, things like that, right? Have you seen this as a problem in AltSpaceVR as of now? Do you expect it to be a problem into the future KATIE KELLY: It's a problem in VR in general. It's a problem in real life in general So one thing that my team spends a lot of time thinking about is how do we try to address those problems as soon as possible, and give users the chance to address it themselves, which is why our mute and our block and our bubble are so important, and why are in-VR 24/7 support is really important So what we found, one, when you come into social VR I do think you're more likely to feel like you are around real people. So I think it makes it a little bit harder to cause as much grief as maybe some other social platforms, because you want to fit in. You feel like there's a little bit of a culture that you're joining, and you want to be a part of it But if you don't and you want to cause havoc, you'll figure out ways to. So we want to make sure that when that happens, we can remove that person as soon as possible or at least have the users have the tools they need to remove them from their own experience JASON HOWARD: So there's obviously some guidelines in place as for if there's a person who's continually disruptive or creating an unwelcoming environment, things of that nature, that there are consequences to those actions KATIE KELLY: Yeah, we have a list of community standards that are very important to us that include everything from respecting other people and being inclusive, but also being mindful that we are inviting people from around the world to be in this space together, so we need to work together to make sure that everybody feels welcome and kind of know the rules JASON HOWARD: So in the opening, right, you mentioned that AltSpaceVR had been acquired by Microsoft. What was that like? Like how did that happen KATIE KELLY: It has been a roller coaster I think for our team the last couple of months, but it's also been really exciting, especially where we ended up. We thought we were closing down in June, and we closed up shop and left AltSpaceVR running. We're able to keep everything there. We actually had a goodbye party planned that our users - JASON HOWARD: Wait, wait, wait, wait, like closing as in closing the doors, ending the service potentially? Like, ow, okay KATIE KELLY: Yeah, we got to a point where that was unfortunately the reality kind of where we were at. And we had a goodbye party planned, and a bunch of our users showed up. And it was really heart-wrenching. But people on my team just kept fighting for the service, and telling people like why this mattered. And then we connected with the Microsoft team, and they saw why it mattered, and they really grew passionate about what we created, and lo and behold, we were acquired by Microsoft JASON HOWARD: Wow. That's a good thing, right? I mean, with the good work that you're doing, and obviously the plans that you have for the future, it's nice that the doors didn't get closed. But anytime there's an acquisition, things seem to change a bit. How do you see this particular acquisition changing the direction of the company KATIE KELLY: The thing that I've loved the most that I've heard from the team that we now work with at Microsoft over and over again is that they want AltSpaceVR to stay AltSpaceVR, and that they in a lot of ways are coming to us and our team to kind of find out about like what we did right, and what we've learned for now So in a lot of ways we feel really respected as a team, and really excited about the potential to use the resources, the massive amount of resources that Microsoft has to improve the experience in AltSpaceVR, grow our community, make more exciting events and experiences, and yeah, just grow this thing that we like passionately spent like the last couple years working on JASON HOWARD: So you mentioned earlier developer tools as part of this platform. Do you want to highlight on that a little bit KATIE KELLY: AltSpaceVR's SDK community is a bunch of really creative, really scrappy people that with three.js and A-frame can build their own experiences and environments in AltSpaceVR You can go to AltVR.com and check out our developer community and join our Slack, and you'll basically be introduced to a lot of people that are just doing some of the coolest stuff in VR that I've ever seen So in AltSpaceVR now you can go and you can check out a desert environment that somebody made with a tiki bar. This amazing woman Faye made a karaoke room with posters that she designed all over the walls, and rainbow wallpaper and rainbow floors So basically, you can kind of let your creativity go wild, and using our SDK make your own VR experiences JASON HOWARD: So are there any community imposed limitations on what they can create? Like is there any content that's, for lack of a better word, almost forbidden or not welcome KATIE KELLY: We think about ourselves really similar to I think how we think about the Internet. So a space in AltSpaceVR is really similar to a web page. And we think that people should be able to make whatever web content they want and bring it into AltSpaceVR That doesn't mean we're going to allow our general community to go and see it. So you always have to go through at least one step to have your content on our listed events page. But you will have a URL that you can share with your friends. So if you make a room that you're really excited about, and just want to share it with your community, by all means. And you also have the chance to have private events and private spaces, and you can make it friends only So there's a lot of different ways that you can kind of customize like who you want to share your content with, but we are going to be following our community standards and our guidelines for anything that the general community is going to see JASON HOWARD: So as part of those standards are there age limitations, anything that need to be thought of before somebody potentially tries to join the community KATIE KELLY: AltSpaceVR is 13 and over. And then we have content that we will put warnings on the banner of the tile image on the event page that will tell you whether it's appropriate for 17-plus or more for adults We are a community for adults, and we have some amazing like 13 to 17 year olds in general, but in general when you come to AltSpaceVR you're going to feel like you're around other adults, and it's something that we tried to make the community really awesome for that JASON HOWARD: So we've talked a lot about the social aspect and people interacting, but more to the broad picture like what do you think the future of social VR experience is? KATIE KELLY: The future of social VR I think is really up to the imagination of what people can make there. I do think that VR in general is going to be social, no matter what, in some capacity. And so I think that the future is just becoming a place where anybody can go meet, interact, share content, do cool events, go do other VR experiences, but eventually you're going to want to do it with your friends and the people that you know. So we think that the future of VR is social, to say it so bluntly JASON HOWARD: Well, I've got my mom on Facebook, so maybe I can send her a headset and get her to come join one of these types of spaces at some point KATIE KELLY: You should. It's really fun JASON HOWARD: So just as a quick reminder, how can the listeners join the AltSpaceVR community KATIE KELLY: You can join AltSpaceVR by going to AltVR.com or go to any store on your Oculus headset, on your Samsung Gear, on your Daydream, or through Google Play, and you can look up AltSpaceVR and download us for whatever platform you have. And if you have a mixed reality headset, you can go to the Steam VR Bridge and find AltSpaceVR and download that. And we really hope to see you in VR sometime JASON HOWARD: The acquisition of AltSpaceVR is just one of the ways Microsoft is working on a catalog of immersive experiences. From games to travel to videos, there are so many ways MR can enhance our work and social lives We're going to continue exploring the subject of mixed reality in January's episode. Join us next month to find out how the traditional media industry is incorporating virtual reality, and we'll find out more about the technical process for turning people and animals into holograms. You won't want to miss it Make sure you never miss an episode of the Windows Insider podcast by subscribing wherever you get your podcasts. And if you liked this episode, be sure to review and rate the podcast so others can discover it as well Thanks, Insiders. Join us next time on the Windows Insider Podcast NARRATOR: Our program today was produced by Microsoft Production Studios. The Insider team includes Tyler An (ph), Michelle Paisan (ph), and Amelia Grime (ph) Our website is Insider.Windows.com Support for the Windows Insider Podcast comes from Microsoft, empowering every person and every organization on the planet to achieve more Moral support and inspiration comes from Ninja Cat, reminding us to have fun and pursue our passions Thanks, as always, to our programs cofounders, Donna Sarkar (ph), and Jeremiah Marble (ph) Join us next month with more stories from Windows Insiders END

VRODOCAST #67: Windows Mixed Reality, Protokoll-KIs und Apples MR-Übernahme

MIXEDCAST: Podcast über VR, AR, KI

Play Episode Listen Later Nov 22, 2017 40:04

In Episode #67 des VRODO-Podcasts streiten wir über den Sinn und Unsinn von Microsofts VR-Startumgebung für Windows Mixed Reality, grübeln über eine permanent lauschende Künstliche Intelligenz und analysieren die Übernahme von Vrvana durch Apple. Cliff House für Windows Mixed Reality - notwendiger Übergang oder völliger Unsinn? Wer sich das erste Mal eine Windows VR-Brille aufsetzt, wird in Microsofts Mixed-Reality-Startumgebung Cliff House transportiert. Das ist eine virtuelle Villa, deren Wände mit den vom herkömmlichen Windows-Desktop bekannten 2D-App-Fenstern verziert sind. An einer Wand hängt Skype, an einer weiteren der Edge-Browser und an noch einer der Zugang zum Microsoft Store. Um zwischen den Anwendungen zu wechseln, muss man sich durch das Haus bewegen. Die Interaktion mit den Fenstern klappt am besten mit Maus und Tastatur. Wir diskutieren, ob die VR-Villa Sinn ergibt oder eine Sackgasse ist. Windows Mixed Reality Test: https://vrodo.de/windows-mixed-reality-im-test-besser-als-oculus-rift-und-htc-vive/ Künstliche Intelligenz soll permanent mithören Das Unternehmen AISense bietet ab nächstem Jahr ein KI-System an, das bei Videokonferenzen das gesprochene Wort aufzeichnet, transkribiert und Aussagen einzelnen Personen zuweist. Mündlich geführte Unterhaltungen sollen dadurch so einfach durchsuchbar sein wie ein E-Mail-Verlauf, niemand müsste mehr Protokoll führen. Die langfristige Vision von AISense: Die Software soll außerhalb des Büros zum Einsatz und im Alltag der Menschen ankommen. Wir sprechen über Potenziale eines solchen Systems und mögliche Risiken. AISense hört mit: https://vrodo.de/13-mio-us-dollar-fuer-ein-ki-system-das-alle-unterhaltungen-protokolliert/] Apple kauft Vrvana Laut einem Bericht kaufte Apple für 30 Millionen US-Dollar das kanadische Mixed-Reality-Unternehmen Vrvana auf, das bereits seit 2005 Brillen-Prototypen erforscht und baut. Die Geräte bieten tatsächlich richtige Mixed Reality und können nahtlos zwischen Augmented und Virtual Reality umschalten. Die Außenwelt wird über integrierte Kameras per Video in die ansonsten geschlossene Brille projiziert und kann dort mit digitalen Elementen angereicht werden. Wir spekulieren, warum Apple das Unternehmen aufgekauft haben könnte. Apple kauft Vrvana: https://vrodo.de/apple-kauft-mixed-reality-startup-vrvana/]

244: Seal Rocks

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Play Episode Listen Later Sep 30, 2017 21:20

Off the Cliff House and visited by pinnipeds, daredevils, and stranded surfers.

The Book of Summer with Michelle Gable & Vixen Investigations with Ashley Papa

Moments with Marianne

Play Episode Listen Later Aug 18, 2017 50:37

The Book of Summer with Michelle Gable Michelle Gable is a New York Times and USA Today Bestselling author. In her latest novel, The Book of Summer, a family's century old Nantucket compound , Cliff House, a once-grand home will soon fall into the sea and the strong women that live there there must make some tough decisions. www.michellegable.com Vixen Investigations with Ashley Papa Ashley Papa is a relationship writer and author of her first novel, Vixen Investigations: The Mayoral Affairs. Ashely writes about it all: sex, love, dating, marriage and “crimes of the heart”. She has the scoop on why we do what we do when it comes to romancing (or not romancing) one another. Ashley also provides what’s current n the dating scene with her relationship reports on FoxNews Radio. http://ashleypapa.com

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New York Times Bestselling author, Michelle Gable on her latest book so aptly titled, The Book of Summer -- Monday 7/24 9:30am pst with Janeane Bernstein

KUCI: Get the Funk Out

Play Episode Listen Later Jul 24, 2017

New York Times Bestselling author, Michelle Gable, joined Janeane Monday 7/24 to talk about on her latest book so aptly titled, The Book of Summer. Inspired by a Vanity Fair piece on the coastlines from Malibu to Nantucket eroding into the sea, Michelle dug deep to research the history and grandeur of the summer homes and the incredible stories that are within their guestbooks and their walls—stories that need to be told before they disappear. Fans of her previous bestseller A Paris Apartment, know Michelle can weave an incredible story blending fact and fiction, past and present, for the perfect escape. Praise for Michelle Gable’s THE BOOK OF SUMMER… “It’s Gable’s ability to weave a family’s tale through the musings of summer visitors, war, relationship drama and a smattering of sexual tension that makes it a must for any summer reading list.” —Fort Worth Star-Telegram “Calling all old-home lovers: Gable’s novel takes you into the lives of the Codman family through the lens of their once-prized, now-deteriorating Nantucket compound, Cliff House.” —Coastal Living, 50 Best Books for the Beach “This time of year is meant for books to devour. Vacations, the beach, lazy afternoons all call for a good book that allows you to escape. Michelle Gable knows how to deliver.” —Newport News Daily Press “Gable cleverly illuminates the past, revealing how it mirrors the present. This is a splendid multigenerational novel about the strength of the women of Cliff House.” —Publishers Weekly “In her book, Gable develops fully rounded characters that readers feel as if they could reach out and touch. We want to know more about them and Gable gives us plenty.” —Richmond Times-Dispatch The Book of Summer MICHELLE GABLE In THE BOOK OF SUMMER, New York Times Bestselling author, Michelle Gable uses the faded pages of a guest book to transport readers back in time and introduce them to the inhabitants of Cliff House, a century-old summer home. There’s Ruby Packard, a bright-eyed newlywed on the eve of World War II, her granddaughter, Bess Codman, who returns to Cliff House after years away, and Bess’s mother, a notorious town troublemaker. Due to erosion, the once grand, Nantucket-set compound will soon fall into the sea. But before it does, Bess must pack up the house and deal with her mother, who refuses to leave. In the process, Bess uncovers the tantalizing secrets housed within its aging walls. Fans who’ve come to know Gable, who’s been called “a bright new talent in the world of women’s fiction,” for her “highly literate mysteries,”** enticing settings, and “skillful transitioning between story lines” will once again be rewarded. The title says it all: THE BOOK OF SUMMER is THE book of summer! In her bestselling debut, A Paris Apartment, Michelle Gable fictionalized the true story of a French courtesan and the discovery of her sealed-for-seventy-years Parisian apartment, which was filled to the rafters with stunning pieces of artwork and furniture. While researching A Paris Apartment, Gable learned of the larger-than-life socialite Gladys Deacon, Duchess of Marlborough, and immediately knew she’d make her the star of what would become I’ll See You in Paris. Gable’s affection for escapist settings, blending fact and fiction, and weaving past and present story lines emerges again in her third novel, THE BOOK OF SUMMER (St. Martin’s Press). About Michelle Gable… New York Times bestselling author of A Paris Apartment and I’ll See You in Paris, Michelle Gable graduated from The College of William & Mary. After a twenty-year career in finance, she now writes full time. Michelle lives in Cardiff-by-the-Sea, California, with her husband, two daughters, a lazy cat, and one feisty bunny. More Praise for Michelle Gable… “This is the sort of fun, escapist read perfect for book clubs. There are characters to love, characters to hate, enticing settings and a requisite amount of plot twists. Gable is a bright new talent in the world of women’s fiction, and I’m looking forward to seeing where she takes us on her next creative journey.” —Fort Worth Star-Telegram on I’ll See You in Paris* “Gable’s novel provides a wonderful, highly literate mystery with the historical and engagingly eccentric figure of Gladys Deacon at its core. The plot involves stories within stories, an almost ‘Wuthering Heights’ narrative complexity. I’ll See You in Paris abounds with strength of character and ‘characters’ too.” —The Roanoke Times** “Gable’s Paris of today and yesteryear are worlds that are easy and pleasurable to get lost in.” —San Diego Union-Tribune on A Paris Apartment “With its well-developed, memorable characters and the author’s skillful transitioning between story lines…this stunning and fascinating debut will capture the interest of a wide audience... Highly recommended.” —Library Journal, in a starred review of A Paris Apartment*

Episode 32: Live from Aspen Ascent Uphill Weekend at Buttermilk.

Totally Deep Backcountry Skiing Podcast

Play Episode Listen Later Apr 14, 2017 62:50

On Episode 32 of Totally Deep Podcast, Doug Stenclik and Randy Young of www.cripplecreekbc.com bring you the lowdown on the world of uphill and backcountry skiing and boarding. Gear, technique, fashion, jargon, guests, and assorted spray from two guys who know how to earn it in the backcountry. The world's best backcountry skiing podcast. More info about TDP at Totally Deep Podcast Blog on Cripplecreekbc.com On Episode 32 of Totally Deep Podcast: 1. Live from the The Cliff House on Buttermilk Mountain, Aspen Colorado. 2. Aspen Ascent Uphill Weekend. 3.Guests: Lou Dawson of Wildsnow.com Bob Wade of the Ute Mountaineer in Aspen. Alpinist Michael Kennedy AKA Hayden's dad. Rich Burkley, V.P. Mountain Operations, Aspen Ski Co. SUBSCRIBE ON iTUNES Comments: info@cripplecreekbc.com Or leave a voicemail: 970-510-0450 Backcountry Skiing, Uphill Skiing, Rando (skimo?) Racing, Splitboarding, its all here.

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Ep 65 - Hey Google, Remember The 90's?

Lousy San Francisco Podcast Season 3.1 - SKMorton.com

Play Episode Listen Later Feb 28, 2017 61:04

It might very well be time to abandon the post-modern cynicism so many of us have and return to an earlier time. A plaid cloaked time. A time with the lights out - when it's less dangerous. Since we know this won't entertain us. This week SK and Pete thought they'd tie up some loose ends. Topics that had slipped through the cracks in the preceding episodes. Topics like welcoming our latest Patreon member (Which somehow evolved into a discussion on Enya and MTV's Real World), Grandad the Chicago lungfish and the new baby monkey at the SF Zoo (Which veered to wrestling memories and George "The Animal" Steel and the elusive Lemur/Langor/Lunger), and local want ads (Which were stretched into a discussion of Gilligan's Island, Alice and Laura Dern's mom). Then we attempted to settle into a single topic of all-you-can-eat establishments here in San Francisco. Goat Hill Pizza, the Cliff House, Club Waziema, Fogo de Chao, and the Tonga Room are discussed but this, ofcourse degenerated into an uninformed discussion about the cultures of Ethiopia, Brazil, and Polynesia. This episode contributed plenty to the cynicism of it's listeners but we're so happy because, today, we found our friends...they're in our head.

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Author Spotlight with Author of "Revelation At Cliff House" Cynthia Lombard

Vibration Radio Network

Play Episode Listen Later Aug 23, 2016 51:00

On This Episode of Author Spotlight We Welcome Special Guest Author Cynthia of,“Revelation at Cliff House: The Heartbreak,Betrayal and Deliverance of Daphne M. Lancy”. Meet Our Guest: Lombard was raised in Los Angeles, California. From abuse to published author, from broken pieces to peace, she has pushed through pain and hardships to become a survivor who inspires thousands. Her novel, “Revelation at Cliff House: The Heartbreak, Betrayal and Deliverance of Daphne M. Lancy tells the story of a young woman who tried to end it all, but fell instead into the caring hands of a handsome, young doctor who understood her, perhaps a little too well, for his own young life was met with equal, sinister destruction. She found great strength in her faith and the power of forgiveness. When asked about adding author to her list of credits, Cynthia comments, “It’s surreal to actually add under my credits; published author. The response has been so positive and amazing! I’ve always known a story was inside of me, but to actually give birth and have it materialize and touch the lives of others is an amazing feeling.”

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93: Giant Camera

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Play Episode Listen Later Oct 17, 2014 26:18

Built in the late 1940s, the Giant Camera next to the Cliff House, is perhaps the only camera obscura to be on the National Register of Historic Places. And it costs less than $5 to enjoy!

70: Wave Motors

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Play Episode Listen Later May 9, 2014 23:19

Christine Miller shares the history of tidal energy machines and wave motors near the Cliff House, an 1890s movement to harness the power of the sea.

Cliff House Trance

Kristi Walsh

Play Episode Listen Later Oct 27, 2013 11:00

The first in the series, surf into meditation, 11 minutes, is it a journey, a conversation or a trance state? You decide. kristiwalsh.com

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Bitcoin, Deep Net, Tor, and Silk Road; Shutdown theatre of Cliff House restaurant closure

The Armstrong and Getty Show (Bingo)

Play Episode Listen Later Oct 9, 2013

8 AM - Trace Mayer, author of "Bitcoin Beginner's Guide: Learn how to get started quickly and safely," tells us what bitcoin is until his cell phone cuts out; Dylan Love from Business Insider talks to us about bitcoin, Deep Net, Tor, and Silk Road; More with Dylan Love; Shutdown theatre of Cliff House restaurant closure.

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28: Cliff House

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Play Episode Listen Later Jul 16, 2013 24:51

San Francisco's Cliff House, perched above Seal Rocks at the Pacific Ocean, celebrates its 150th anniversary in July 2013.

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