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Busy times at Getty!
Your first look at the new Getty Center!
See our plans for the largest modernization effort to come in Spring 2028 since the Getty Center's opening in 1997: https://t.co/OE8TqPR8vu
@david_protein Glycerin, Soluble Corn Fiber, Tapioca Starch, Natural and Artificial Flavor, Sucralose. All of which make it a 10/10 on the Dr Berg junk food meter.
The compound interest of health:
That salad doesn't matter. That one workout won't change you. That early night means nothing. But 1,000 salads? 1,000 workouts? 1,000 good nights of sleep? That's a different human. Most people want transformation from one decision. Health doesn't work that way. Small choices, repeated daily, compound into the body you live in. Consistency beats intensity. Always.
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@VoteNewPeeps This is a lie. Getty did not receive any fire relief funds. In fact, it’s just the opposite:Getty contributed a significant amount of money to help victims of the fires. Asking @Grok to help refute this assertion.
@USBornNRaised This is a lie. Getty did not receive any fire relief funding. In fact, it’s just the opposite: Getty contributed significant funding to help victims of the fires. @Grok requesting your help in refuting this assertion.
@WallStreetApes This is a lie. Getty did not receive any taxpayer fire relief funds. Just the opposite, they contributed significant funds to support others who were affected by the fires. @GROK requesting your help refuting this assertion.
@grok @USBornNRaised @TheDemocrats @Grok Absolutely no taxpayer money went to the Getty. Please retract your assertion or provide proof.
@jiinnnnkkns01 There is no such place.
@anthonycabassa Wanted to Roll California
Now for something completely different: A Herd of water buffalo escape Automobile Museum leading to a car crash in Tallahassee. #wow https://t.co/kb1V6vugyK
Gallery employee fired after sneaking in his own art. https://t.co/3vesSDr0jf
Such a civilized country..
https://t.co/h0CchtlNft
The "Buchette del vino", or "wine windows", are a peculiar feature of the historical center of Florence (Italy 🇮🇹). Usually no more than 30cm [12 inches] high, they tend to be built into the sidewalls of houses, and are prevalent enough throughout Florence that historical instinct should tell that they must be more than a simple architectural feature.
Rising just above ground level, blink and you might miss these tiny openings, called “buchette del vino,” (“little wine holes”) in Italian. The small windows were used to sell wine-to-go during the Renaissance period, and were intended to be cheaper, direct-to-consumer alternatives to taverns and other drinking dens – not to mention a discreet way for merchants to avoid paying taxes on the alcoholic libations they were peddling.
Those merchants were Florence’s elites, many of whom had the foot-tall windows built into street-facing walls of their palatial residences, usually next to the main entrance. Originally they were built to sell wine in a fiasco (glass bottle) without having to open a shop and as having no direct contact with the buyer you were able to avoid paying taxes.
Back in 1500s, a number of the city’s aristocrats were also major wine producers in the surrounding countryside. The “buchette” allowed them to trade (or rather, have servants do it for them) their spirits straight from their in-house cellars to basically anyone, with a reduced need for physical contact.
These wine windows also posed a useful anti-contagion way to sell wine during the epidemic of plague between 1630-1633 AD. And more recently, during the days of the COVID-19 pandemic restrictions the restaurants, bars, and gelateria began reusing these ancient buchette del vino to sell their products, just like 400 years ago.
Gelateria Vivoli, one of Florence’s famous ice cream parlors, was one of the first businesses to make use of its buchette during the coronavirus pandemic (though a bistro named Babae should be credited as the initiator of the trend, having reinstated its buchetta in the summer of 2019). Its wine window features a grey stone frame around a tiny wooden hatch.
“We chose to use our buchetta during Covid-19 both as a protective measure and to bring a smile to passersby,” said Giulia Vivoli, a fourth-generation owner of the gelato shop in an email interview. “We’ve had it open in the past, but to reuse it at this particular moment in time has felt especially apt.”
Naghy Kamal, owner of restaurant Osteria delle Brache, followed suit shortly after. “We have one of the oldest wine windows in Florence,” he said in a phone interview. “Reopening it at this difficult time has proved incredibly helpful and has really shown that some traditions never die.”
“For four centuries, the buchette were one of the preferred ways to get our wine fix,” he continued. “They offered on-the-go transactions and convenient, direct exchanges between seller and client, which is exactly how we all want to handle our purchases during Covid-19.”
Unlike when they first reopened for service, people can now come into the restaurant to pay, but Kamal said many still prefer to settle their bill through the buchetta. “With the need for social distancing still, we appreciate that.”
It’s not the first time – if you don’t count the spritzes and gelatos, of course – that buchette del vino have served as safe trading spots during a health crisis. According to a passage from the 1634 document “Relazione del Contagio Stato in Firenze l’anno 1630 e 1633,” wine windows were widely used during the Italian Plague, which ravaged northern and central Italy, including Florence, between 1629-1631.
© CNN
#archaeohistories
![archeohistories's tweet photo. The "Buchette del vino", or "wine windows", are a peculiar feature of the historical center of Florence (Italy 🇮🇹). Usually no more than 30cm [12 inches] high, they tend to be built into the sidewalls of houses, and are prevalent enough throughout Florence that historical instinct should tell that they must be more than a simple architectural feature.
Rising just above ground level, blink and you might miss these tiny openings, called “buchette del vino,” (“little wine holes”) in Italian. The small windows were used to sell wine-to-go during the Renaissance period, and were intended to be cheaper, direct-to-consumer alternatives to taverns and other drinking dens – not to mention a discreet way for merchants to avoid paying taxes on the alcoholic libations they were peddling.
Those merchants were Florence’s elites, many of whom had the foot-tall windows built into street-facing walls of their palatial residences, usually next to the main entrance. Originally they were built to sell wine in a fiasco (glass bottle) without having to open a shop and as having no direct contact with the buyer you were able to avoid paying taxes.
Back in 1500s, a number of the city’s aristocrats were also major wine producers in the surrounding countryside. The “buchette” allowed them to trade (or rather, have servants do it for them) their spirits straight from their in-house cellars to basically anyone, with a reduced need for physical contact.
These wine windows also posed a useful anti-contagion way to sell wine during the epidemic of plague between 1630-1633 AD. And more recently, during the days of the COVID-19 pandemic restrictions the restaurants, bars, and gelateria began reusing these ancient buchette del vino to sell their products, just like 400 years ago.
Gelateria Vivoli, one of Florence’s famous ice cream parlors, was one of the first businesses to make use of its buchette during the coronavirus pandemic (though a bistro named Babae should be credited as the initiator of the trend, having reinstated its buchetta in the summer of 2019). Its wine window features a grey stone frame around a tiny wooden hatch.
“We chose to use our buchetta during Covid-19 both as a protective measure and to bring a smile to passersby,” said Giulia Vivoli, a fourth-generation owner of the gelato shop in an email interview. “We’ve had it open in the past, but to reuse it at this particular moment in time has felt especially apt.”
Naghy Kamal, owner of restaurant Osteria delle Brache, followed suit shortly after. “We have one of the oldest wine windows in Florence,” he said in a phone interview. “Reopening it at this difficult time has proved incredibly helpful and has really shown that some traditions never die.”
“For four centuries, the buchette were one of the preferred ways to get our wine fix,” he continued. “They offered on-the-go transactions and convenient, direct exchanges between seller and client, which is exactly how we all want to handle our purchases during Covid-19.”
Unlike when they first reopened for service, people can now come into the restaurant to pay, but Kamal said many still prefer to settle their bill through the buchetta. “With the need for social distancing still, we appreciate that.”
It’s not the first time – if you don’t count the spritzes and gelatos, of course – that buchette del vino have served as safe trading spots during a health crisis. According to a passage from the 1634 document “Relazione del Contagio Stato in Firenze l’anno 1630 e 1633,” wine windows were widely used during the Italian Plague, which ravaged northern and central Italy, including Florence, between 1629-1631.
© CNN
#archaeohistories](https://pbs.twimg.com/media/Glqzgnza8AACEQI.jpg)
@thepointsguy Getty Museum
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OK, I’ll never complain about a bad flight again… https://t.co/A8dq3aeCvM
Getty-led L.A. Arts Community Fire Relief Fund gives first grants - Los Angeles Times https://t.co/rdVIM8CFbq
The largest art theft database is the Art Loss Register (ALR). This private, for-profit organization, based in London, maintains a database of stolen, lost, and looted art, antiques, and collectibles, containing over 700,000 items. https://t.co/pqcUp9PxB6
The S&P is not at a record high if priced in real money. In terms of gold, the S&P is worth less than 2.1 ounces. At the start of this century, the S&P was worth 4.85 ounces. So in real terms, the S&P is down 57% over the past 24 years. The nominal gain is all due to inflation.
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