As we all know and love to support, October is National Breast Cancer Awareness month. Not only will we feature Washington, D.C. going pink, but check out our overseas neighbors in London! This month, London's Landmarks will be going pink as well to support Breast Cancer Awareness. Featured below is Buckingham Palace in it's all its glory "Pinked" out for the nation to see...
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In The News!
HGA Cocktail Party
Jeffrey Gay, Kimball Office & Emily Jelinek, HGA
Design firm HGA (formerly known as Wisnewski Blair) hosted their annual Oktoberfest on Thursday the 4th in their Alexandria office. Once again Terry Perry, Associate Vice President, Director of Interiors, created a Fall Wonderland. A huge (seriously, HUGE) cornucopia crafted out of leftover wood samples covered the large conference table sitting on a bed of live sunflowers. The theme was repeated throughout the HGA studio with vases of flowers wrapped in sculpted wood. Guests dined on traditional German food served by lederhosen-clad waiters and waitresses. Naturally our intrepid A&D MSM, Jeffrey Gay, just had to attend. Here he is with old teammate Emily Jelinek enjoying the festivities.
HGA is an integrated architecture,
engineering and planning firm that helps prepare its clients for the future. By
understanding their cultural and business needs, we help clients realize their
organization's vision and potential through responsive, innovative and sustainable
design. We achieve this through multidisciplinary collaboration, knowledge
sharing and design investigation. Throughout our history, we have pursued new
design directions to deliver the greatest value to our clients.
For more information on HGA, click here.
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Case Study
Kimball Office Welcomes Erin Figueroa!
Erin Figueroa, Market Sales Manager-Kimball Office
Erin Figueroa joins
the Kimball Mid-Atlantic team as a Market Sales Manager, responsible for the
development of new business opportunities within both the federal and
commercial spaces. Erin is excited to spread the Kimball
word and keep clients, dealers and the A&D community involved in the
evolution of the Kimball brand as we find ourselves responding to the needs of
our customers.
Erin has been
assisting clients in various capacities within the commercial real estate
industry and the federal marketplace for the past 8 years. A few of her notable
clients include General Dynamics, Department of Treasury, Federal Trade
Commission, and the Peace Corps.
Previous to
joining Kimball, Erin was the Director of Professional Services at National
Office Systems, Inc., a high density storage dealer and asset management
software company, where she was tasked with driving business to the
professional services division, specifically projects focused on RFID
technology.
Erin is
currently a member of CoreNet, Commercial Real Estate Women (CREW) DC and the
Capital Chapter of the International Facility Management Association (IFMA). She
graduated from James Madison University with a BS in Psychology.
Please feel free
to reach out to Erin at your convenience; she looks forward to hearing from
you!
NOS
For more information on NOS, click here.
National
Office Systems, Inc. is one of the leading distributors of high density storage
solutions in the Country. They
work with clients/partners to provide space efficient, customized, storage
solutions and RFID tracking for physical assets and furniture.
National
Office Systems, Inc. (Storage Division) – high density storage products, modular
casework, mail rooms, libraries. .Partners with Kimball for specialty storage
offerings.
Professional
Services Solutions (a NOS Company)- RFID tracking software for assets and furniture,
imaging, file, conversions and migration services, maintenance and support for
software services.
American
Installation Services (A NOS Company)- installation, and relocation services for all
types of storage systems, systems furniture, modular casework. Maintenance services for all types of
storage systems.
Certified
Kimball Office Systems installation company.
For more information on NOS, click here.
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Product Of The Week!
Villa Lounge
Configurable,
contemporary, cool. Villa lounge seating is a complete collection of versatile
seating shapes and pieces to create the right configuration for any space.
Designed by Keith Metcalf,
Villa is lounge seating with a building block approach. Villa components can be
connected to form small, medium, or large seating arrangements that work great
in free-form lounge spaces or smaller niches. According to Metcalf, an
additional design component was the ability to use varied upholstery and
leather options on Villa backs, arms, and seats. By using a mix of colors and
patterns, it is easy to delineate a space with Villa lounge seating.
Adapt to changing work
environments, easily:
- Extensive series of lounge seating with one-, two-, and three-seat options, arm and armless versions, tables, benches, and more.
- Gang pieces together for design flexibility and efficient space division.
- Highly configurable and contemporary for comfort in any location.
Complementary to various
work styles and Kimball Office solutions:
- Convert a lounge space into a workspace by adding Fluent or Scenario tables.
- Create a welcoming lobby area, a cozy lounge setting, or a productive workspace.
For more information on Villa Lounge, click here.
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Mid Atlantic Sports
Washington Nationals
The Nats are trailing the Cardinals as they head into game 4! To continue in the playoffs the Nats really need to get their offense going, but we have faith in them...Go Nats!
Ross Detwiler - Pitcher
The Nats are trailing the Cardinals as they head into game 4! To continue in the playoffs the Nats really need to get their offense going, but we have faith in them...Go Nats!
Ross Detwiler - Pitcher
Ian Desmond - 7 for 12 in the series (hitting) and short stop.
Baltimore Orioles
The Orioles are in the midst of their division series as well in the ALDS. This series has been tight against the Yankees, with another game today, October 11th. With a solid pitching lineup, we have great hopes for the Orioles!
Adam Jones - Batting leader for the Orioles
Wie-Yin Chen - Pitcher
Adam Jones - Batting leader for the Orioles
Wie-Yin Chen - Pitcher
For more information on the Nats click here.
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Golden Triangle Events:
Check out these fun events happening near the Kimball Office D.C. Showroom, and in the Metro Area!
October 3rd - 28th Foundry Gallery "New Glass, With Drawings" Exhibition.
October 5th - 20th Public Bar's Nationals Post Season Specials. For more information on this special, click here.
October 10th - 12th Washington Nationals vs. Cardinals at Nats Park.
October 17th & 18th NeoCon East at the Baltimore Convention Center.
For more information on the Golden Triangle and what is around the Kimball Office D.C. Showroom, click here.
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Recipe Of The Week!
Pink Champagne Cupcakes
In honor of Breast Cancer Awareness Month we will be featuring some of our favorite "Pink" recipes.
So for this week, who doesn't love champagne? better yet, who doesn't love champagne and cupcakes? Get the best of both worlds with this Betty Crocker recipe for Pink Champagne Cupcakes. Try it out and let us know what you think!
Total Time: 1 hour 15 minutes
Prep Time: 25 minutes
Yield: 24 delicious cupcakes!
Ingredients
Champagne Cupcakes
1 box Betty Crocker® SuperMoist® white cake mix
1 ¼ cups champagne
1/3 cup vegetable oil
3 egg whites
4 to 5 drops red food color
Champagne Frosting
½ cup butter or margarine, softened
4 cups powdered sugar
¼ cup champagne
1 teaspoon vanilla
4 to 5 drops red food color
Garnishes
Betty Crocker® pink decorating sugar
Edible pink pearls
Directions
Heat oven to 350°F (325°F for dark or
nonstick pan). Place paper baking cup in each of 24 regular-size muffin cups.
In
large bowl, mix dry cake mix and champagne. Add oil, egg whites and food color.
Beat with electric mixer on medium speed 2 minutes.
Divide batter evenly among
muffin cups. Bake 17 to 22 minutes or until toothpick inserted in center comes
out clean.
Cool 10 minutes; remove from pan to cooling rack. Cool completely,
about 30 minutes.
In medium bowl, beat frosting ingredients with electric mixer
on medium speed until smooth.
Frost cupcakes. Sprinkle with garnishes. Store
loosely covered.
Enjoy!
For more information on this recipe, click here.
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Upcoming Events:
NeoCon East 2012
NeoCon East 2012
Come check out the Kimball Office Booth at NeoCon East next week!
Come check out The Kimball Office Mid Atlantic Blog again next week to hear more exciting news about our industry.
Until next time, Stay green!
Kimball Office Mid Atlantic
