NEW Collection of Abstract Paintings "PORT" by Patti Friday

PORT:   

This collection was my way of honoring peoples’ love of the sea. 

During the pandemic of 2020 all access to our beloved 

waterways, cruise ships, beaches and oceans 

were taken away. 

Boating, fishing, swimming and walking near water: 

Forbidden. 

Being near or on water is therapeutic 

and necessary for humans. 

I expressed this loss with paint.

Click here.

Patti

xo

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Saturday Night Seder Free Streaming Passover Event for CDC Foundation’s Coronavirus Emergency Response Fund

Saturday Night Seder

The dinner table has always been a place to communicate and share stories with one another. Let's celebrate that. #eatyourstory  StoryCourse Presents...Saturday Night Seder! 

A Passover seder with the family you never knew you had.

Saturday, April 11 at 8PM ET / 5PM PT!

Also available streaming on YouTube starting at 8PM ET on 4/11

The fourth night of Passover will be different from all other nights as we gather around our digital table to share stories, songs, and support the CDC Foundation’s Coronavirus Emergency Response Fund.

Dayenu, already!

#saturdaynightseder

StoryCourse is known for our critical and commercial success of the interactive immersive dinner theatre experiences How Do You Hug A Tiger, Seder (hailed by CBS, The New York Times, Eater, Playbill, Food & Wine and Bon Appetit), Pride Table (hailed by The Today Show and The New York Times). Tune into Saturday Night Seder, our first online storytelling experience on Saturday, April 11 at 5 PM PST / 8Pm EST. All donations from tis event will benefit the CDC Foundation’s Coronavirus Emergency Response Fund. Watch here: https://www.saturdaynightseder.com/

StoryCourse is founded by Adam Kantor (Grammy & Emmy winner of The Band’s Visit on Broadway) and Brian Bordainick (founder of underground supper club Dinner Lab).

More about StoryCourse

StoryCourse produces uniquely moving and delicious theatrical dining experiences which tell the stories of marginalized voices. The story informs the menu and the menu informs the story. www.StoryCourseNYC.com @storycourse

Immersive Interactive Dining in NYC by StoryCourse - Next up: Saturday Night Seder.

A uniquely moving and delicious experience that takes our guests on a coursed dinner paired with stories. By merging the worlds of food and storytelling, we are giving the opportunity for culinary artists and theatre artist to play in the same arena.

StoryCourse Instagram

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COVID-19 Alert:

Stay at home if you feel unwell. If you have a fever, cough and difficulty breathing, seek medical attention and call in advance. Follow the directions of your local health authority. 

Source: World Health Organisation

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The Future of the Restaurant Industry Post Pandemic COVID-19

The number of restaurant employees and owners that are impacted is what Pretty Woman would call 'huge'. (Closing in on 1 million in Canada and 40 million in the USA alone - globally it is staggering.) Should this current global isolation continue we will not be able to return to the industry as we know it.  Many things will have to change.  It might be truly great!

1.  Talented Chefs want to and need to feed people.  They must earn an income with the gifts and passion they possess. Let's not forget we love to eat, we need to eat and we must gather!

Chefs | Cooks:
Most of them will become personal chefs, authors, cooking school directors, event planners, culinary tour guides, food shoppers/preppers, video stars, micro-farmers, food producers, window coffee shopkeepers, food truck operators, cooking mentors/experts, podcasters or owners of private eateries.

2.  Health regulations, inspections and local by-laws will need to be revamped completely.

3.  Restaurant people must be allowed to open up home bakeries, home supper clubs, dinner clubs. Permitted to work from home.  And licensed!!! (for alcohol and weed) Otherwise, who is going to make money to boost our economy or pay taxes?

3a.  Home design may designate and switch dining rooms with larger living rooms for tables - closer to the kitchen or family rooms will become the home restaurant dining room in open concepts.

4. Service Staff will be freelance to work in the many home restaurants and events.

5.  Food production will need to be permitted in homes.

6. Large restaurant equipment may only be purchased by large restaurant chains or hotels.

7. New 'dinner and a show' opportunities will grow.  Film night. Live theatre. Comedy Clubs. Intimate live music.  Art exhibits. Poetry readings. Guest Panels and Interviews. etc.

8. More cooking channels will open on YouTube.

9. Cookbooks will be our best friends. They will be plentiful.

10. Home chefs will need a creative team behind them:  Artists, Designers, Marketers, Culinary Coaches, Wine Sommeliers, Interior Designers. Illustrators. Package Designers. Floral Designers. Tabletop Purveyors. Photographers. Linen Rental. Butcher, the Baker, the Candlestick Maker!

11. Cash will no longer be used.

12. Delivery gigs will grow.

13. Curated dinner parties in your home or others' homes. Menus may change daily due to food variety and supply. Gatherings will be smaller.

14. Social Media and #hashtags will be dominant.

15. Destination Chefs (similar to Destination Photographers)

16. Shared Ghost Kitchens will be in every town. (Delivery to home or curbside pickup)

17. Empty commercial spaces that now house restaurants will be renovated into affordable housing. (A few will become Ghost Kitchens or cozy, warm & inviting Gourmet Food Markets with meals to go.)

18. Food and Beverage Wholesalers/Producers/Distributors will be delivering much smaller orders to many more 'Chef Homes'.

19. Victory Gardens (and greenhouses) will be on the lawns and in the yards of Chefs' homes. FOOD WASTE will be shunned upon...Food Banks will need this food!

20.  A sense of immense community and intimacy - breaking bread together - will be the greatest and most exciting benefit.

We will be forever changed after this crisis but I believe it will be brand new and wonderful!

Patti

Further Reading:

Navigating coronavirus: COVID-19 updates & resources for foodservice operators

Restaurants Canada

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How Facebook is supporting the global public health community’s work to keep people safe and informed during the coronavirus public health crisis.

Facebook is supporting the global public health community’s work to keep people safe and informed during the coronavirus public health crisis. They’re also working to address the long-term impacts by supporting industries in need and making it easier for people to find and offer help in their communities. 

Here’s an overview of how they’re providing access to accurate information, supporting relief efforts and keeping people connected. They’ll continue to add to this post as we announce updates.

1. Ensuring everyone has access to accurate information and removing harmful content

2. Supporting health and economic relief efforts

3. Keeping people connected

Read more DETAILS HERE

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Margaret Atwood National Arts Centre #CanadaPerforms

#CanadaPerforms is a short-term relief fund that pays Canadian artists and authors for their online performances. It was launched by Facebook Canada and the National Arts Centre to help ease the financial strain for Canadian artists and authors impacted by the closure of performance venues and literary events across Canada related to COVID-19, and to lift the spirits of Canadians during the crisis. Artists and authors who are selected will receive $1,000 and their online performance and events will be announced and listed on the NAC’s Facebook page.

The $700,000 fund is made possible through the generous contribution from #CanadaPerforms’ founding partner, Facebook Canada ($200,000), and also the financial and ongoing support from Slaight Music ($100,000), RBC Foundation ($200,000) and SiriusXM Canada ($200,000). 

“The arts have an enduring power to comfort, to inspire, to lift our spirits. Equally, artists thrive on their relationship with audiences. In this challenging time, artists and audiences, indeed all of us, need each other more than ever.”NAC President and CEO Christopher Deacon

Show your support and donate today.

WATCH: Online Literary Conversation

The National Arts Centre and Facebook Canada are honoured to welcome the internationally renowned Canadian poet, novelist and essayist Margaret Atwood to #CanadaPerforms as she will take part in an online literary conversation with Former Governor General Adrienne Clarkson.

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Day No.8, 9, 10 and 11 Isolation Creation with Jamie Beck Co.of Ann Street Studio France (Art during a pandemic)

Our Family's

Antique Baptism Bowl

(another post on this soon!)

Day No.8 - 11, 2020

We are now entering what experts are saying is 'a critical time' for the virus and potential surge.  I for one will 'burrow' even deeper into the comfort of my own home and 'shelter in place'.  

Thank goodness for art.

Patti xo

Fellow Photographer Jamie Beck (Her new website Jamie Beck Co.)of Ann Street Studio, who is based in France, has started an ongoing COVID-19 isolation art project.  She asked Artists around the globe to create daily, post on Instagram and use the hashtag #isolationcreation.

LIVE Data on COVID-19 Globally

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Astronaut Chris Hadfield 'Take Care of Your Spaceship and Happy Landing' Physical and Social Distancing Made Easy

Chris provides four useful steps to productive self-isolation.  He knows a thing or two about spending time alone!

Col. Chris Hadfield has spent a lifetime living up to that responsibility. On July 20, 1969, when he quietly began his mission towards becoming an astronaut, the gap between being a young boy on an Ontario corn farm and the first Canadian to walk in space was unbridgeable. Canada had no astronaut program, nor would it for the foreseeable future. Chris stuck to it. He spent his time at home learning mechanics on the tractors and old cars, flying with his father and brothers every chance he could. Enrolling in air cadets, he worked his way up through the RCAF, becoming an experimental test pilot and flying over 70 types of aircraft. He made certain that when the opportunity arose, he would be prepared for it. In 1995, Chris Hadfield rode his first rocket.

Col. Hadfield continued striving. He flew again in 2001, installing Canadarm2. He served as Chief of Robotics, CapCom, and NASA’s operation in Russia, eventually going on to pilot a Russian Soyuz. The first Canadian commander of the International Space Station, a New York Times bestselling author, YouTube sensation and truly engaging speaker, Chris has worked hard to earn the right to wear his moustache.

  Colonel Chris Hadfield has spent decades training as an astronaut and has logged nearly 4000 hours in space. During this time he has broken into a Space Station with a Swiss army knife, disposed of a live snake while piloting a plane, and been temporarily blinded while clinging to the exterior of an orbiting spacecraft. The secret to Col. Hadfield's success-and survival-is an unconventional philosophy he learned at NASA: prepare for the worst- and enjoy every moment of it. In An Astronaut's Guide to Life on Earth, Col. Hadfield takes readers deep into his years of training and space exploration to show how to make the impossible possible. Through eye-opening, entertaining stories filled with the adrenaline of launch, the mesmerizing wonder of spacewalks, and the measured, calm responses mandated by crises, he explains how conventional wisdom can get in the way of achievement-and happiness. His own extraordinary education in space has taught him some counterintuitive lessons: don't visualize success, do care what others think, and always sweat the small stuff. You might never be able to build a robot, pilot a spacecraft, make a music video or perform basic surgery in zero gravity like Col. Hadfield. But his vivid and refreshing insights will teach you how to think like an astronaut, and will change, completely, the way you view life on Earth-especially your own.

Day No.7 Isolation Creation with Jamie Beck of Ann Street Studio France (Art during a pandemic)

Day No.7, March 22, 2020

Such beautiful sunshine today.  It is crisp outside and the snowbanks remain frozen on the lawn.  My oldest Son popped in this morning and had a visit and phone call through the window with my elderly parents.  How strange and wonderful all at once.  Where did our carefree days go?

Patti xo

Fellow Photographer Jamie Beck of Ann Street Studio, who is based in France, has started an ongoing COVID-19 isolation art project.  She asked Artists around the globe to create daily, post on Instagram and use the hashtag #isolationcreation.

LIVE Data on COVID-19 Globally

I am an Artist who carries a paintbrush, camera and notebook. Instagram: @pattifriday

Day No.6 Isolation Creation with Jamie Beck of Ann Street Studio France

Day No.6, March 21, 2020

Italy.  God.  Please have mercy on  Italy.  5000 souls have lost their lives to this virus. 

Day 6 - March 21, 2020 - For those of you who don't know....my Daughter and her Husband - 2 small beautiful girls and her bestie (my family) are in the Middle East. This beautiful blown glass art was a gift for my Mother. The miles that separate us right now are harder than normal because I want to wrap my arms around them, but I know they are safe. Patti xo

Fellow Photographer Jamie Beck of Ann Street Studio, who is based in France, has started an ongoing COVID-19 isolation art project.  She asked Artists around the globe to create daily, post on Instagram and use the hashtag #isolationcreation.

LIVE Data on COVID-19 Globally

I am an Artist who carries a paintbrush, camera and notebook. Instagram: @pattifriday

Day No.5 Isolation Creation with Jamie Beck of Ann Street Studio France

Day No.5, March 20, 2020

It all feels surreal.... like a dream.  When I first wake up I have a tug of disappointment on my heart realizing that the nightmare is real.  Thinking of families who have loved ones suffering. Patti xo

Fellow Photographer Jamie Beck of Ann Street Studio, who is based in France, has started an ongoing COVID-19 isolation art project.  She asked Artists around the globe to create daily, post on Instagram and use the hashtag #isolationcreation.

LIVE Data on COVID-19 Globally

I am an Artist who carries a paintbrush, camera and notebook. Instagram: @pattifriday

Day No.4 Isolation Creation with Jamie Beck of Ann Street Studio France

Day No.4, March 19, 2020

It all feels surreal.... like a dream.  When I first wake up I have a tug of disappointment on my heart realizing that the nightmare is real.  Thinking of families who have loved ones suffering. Patti xo

Fellow Photographer Jamie Beck of Ann Street Studio, who is based in France, has started an ongoing COVID-19 isolation art project.  She asked Artists around the globe to create daily, post on Instagram and use the hashtag #isolationcreation.

LIVE Data on COVID-19 Globally

I am an Artist who carries a paintbrush, camera and notebook. Instagram: @pattifriday

Day No.3 Isolation Creation with Jamie Beck of Ann Street Studio France

Day No.3, March 18, 2020

It all feels surreal.... like a dream.  When I first wake up I have a tug of disappointment on my heart realizing that the nightmare is real.  Thinking of families who have loved ones suffering. Patti xo

Fellow Photographer Jamie Beck of Ann Street Studio, who is based in France, has started an ongoing COVID-19 isolation art project.  She asked Artists around the globe to create daily, post on Instagram and use the hashtag #isolationcreation.

LIVE Data on COVID-19 Globally

I am an Artist who carries a paintbrush, camera and notebook. Instagram: @pattifriday

Day No.2 Isolation Creation with Jamie Beck of Ann Street Studio France

Day No.2, March 17, 2020.

How are you?  No really.  How are you feeling?  I am trying really hard to remain calm and positive - keeping my mind and hands busy.  Please reach out if you want to chat. Patti xo

Fellow Photographer Jamie Beck of Ann Street Studio, who is based in France, has started an ongoing COVID-19 isolation art project.  She asked Artists around the globe to create daily, post on Instagram and use the hashtag #isolationcreation.

LIVE Data on COVID-19 Globally

I am an Artist who carries a paintbrush, camera and notebook. Instagram: @pattifriday

Day No.1 Isolation Creation with Jamie Beck of Ann Street Studio France

Fellow Photographer Jamie Beck of Ann Street Studio, who is based in France, has started an ongoing COVID-19 isolation art project.  She asked Artists around the globe to create daily, post on Instagram and use the hashtag #isolationcreation.

I wasn't sure if I would be able to participate daily, but I do believe it is important to create - more than ever!  

This is my first photograph.  

Day No.1, March 16, 2020.

LIVE Data on COVID-19 Globally

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Live Data Coronavirus COVID-19 Global Pandemic: Sortable, Searchable, Maps and Recovery Metrics

This live data by a student is magnificent.

You can buy him a coffee for doing it.

ncov2019.live

A website for keeping track of the latest statistics and news for the 

COVID19 Coronavirus  

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Social Distancing and Coronavirus COVID-19

Social distancing is a term applied to certain actions that are taken by Public Health officials to stop or slow down the spread of a highly contagious disease. A Health Officer or department has the legal authority to carry out social distancing measures.  We don't need government officials to mandate this.  We can choose to distance ourselves socially in order to protect ourselves and our family.

In a nutshell it is a proactive non-pharmaceutical infection control action.

The objective of social distancing is to reduce the probability of contact between persons carrying an infection, and others who are not infected, so as to minimize disease transmission, morbidity and ultimately, mortality.

Social distancing is most effective when the infection can be transmitted via droplet contact (coughing or sneezing). 

Some examples of social distancing used to control the spread of contagious illnesses include:

• school closure (proactive or reactive)
• workplace closure including closure of “non-essential” businesses and social services. “Non-essential” means those facilities that do not maintain primary functions in the community, as opposed to essential services.
• isolation (health care)
• quarantine
• cordon sanitaire*
• protective sequestration
• cancellation of mass gatherings such as sports events, films or musical shows.
• shutting down or limiting mass transit
• closure of recreational facilities (community swimming pools, youth clubs, gymnasiums).
• "self-shielding" measures for individuals include limiting face-to-face contacts, conducting business by phone or online, avoiding public places and reducing unnecessary travel. The "elbow bump" and the "Dracula sneeze" are additional measures to reduce direct person-to-person transmission of microorganisms.

School closures

School closures were shown to reduce morbidity from the Asian Flu by 90% during the 1957-58 outbreak, and up to 50% in controlling influenza in the US, 2004-2008. Similarly, mandatory school closures and other social distancing measures were associated with a 29% to 37% reduction in influenza transmission rates during the 2009 flu epidemic in Mexico.

Fact*:

In January 2020, a cordon sanitaire was drawn around the Chinese city of Wuhan, known as the Wuhan lockdown, in response to an outbreak of coronavirus. As the outbreak expanded, travel restrictions impacted over half of the Chinese population, creating what may be the largest cordon sanitaire in history.

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