Intuitive Environments

11/06/2013

We are very excited to be featured in the November issue of Gentry Magazine. Take a look…..http://intuitiveenvironments.com/intuitivelyspeaking/?p=140

04/18/2012

The Happiest Place on Earth
by ADMIN posted on APRIL 18, 2012 [EDIT]
Disneyland. After eighteen years of avoiding the place, we finally succumbed. I can now remove this one item off of the list of items “one must do” as a parent. We rode all of the classics: Space Mountain, Dumbo, and Pirates of the Caribbean. Much to our dismay, our five-minute ride on “It’s A Small World” turned into a painful thirty minutes. Wow. That was seriously traumatic. If Obama needs another Guantanamo I strongly suggest strapping prisoners to a boat and making them listen to that awful song over and over again. I give them forty minutes until breaking. Mission accomplished!

Although we were on “vacation” our Smart Home was busy working. Before we left we put the home on “vacation mode status.” This setting simulates an occupied house (lights turn on and off as if we are home, etc.) thermostats are off and all security cameras are on and accessible remotely. We left for our vacation in confidence that our home was safe and secure.

Once at Disneyland our Smart Home continued to work diligently for us.

While in line to ride the “Indiana Jones Adventure” I used my iPhone to check on our home. I accessed the outdoor cameras that pan our front driveway and porch using an application on my iPhone. While viewing the real-time pictures, I noticed a package sitting on our doormat. Since we were not expected home for a few more days I sent my neighbor a text and asked her to pick up the package and to keep it safe upon our return.

While in line for the Autopia ride we remembered that we forgot to record our friend’s BBC America show premiere, “No Kitchen Required.”

http://www.bbcamerica.com/no-kitchen-required/contestants/chef-kayne-raymond/

With the speed of lightning my husband whipped out his phone, found the Disneyland Wi-Fi network, and turned his iPhone into a command center for our TiVo DVR. In 30 seconds he located Kayne’s show by channel, date and time and set our Season Pass to record the program. Unbelievable. Equally unbelievable included the twenty dollars I spent for bottled water and two ice cream cones, but I digress….

While in line to catch the shuttle back to the airport my husband, again via his iPhone, put our home back on “the normal mode” setting. As we drove to the airport our home busily prepared for our arrival. With our thermostats turned on, lights and home electronics initiated to their regular mode of operation, and the children’s morning wake-up alarm activated, our home welcomed us back with open arms from our journey. In my comfortable, line and crowd free haven I felt grateful to return to truly the happiest place on earth –our home.

Chef Kayne Raymond brings his passion for cooking to BBC America's all-new original adventure cooking competition 'No Kitchen Required.' With appearances on Food Network’s 'Chopped,' Raymond has served as the Private Executive Chef to a slew of exclusive clients, including the CEO of Oracle.

03/29/2012

The King Lives
My love for music began in the womb. My earliest and happiest memories are of my mother and I singing together. We sang in the car, at the park, at the grocery store, at home cleaning (we did a lot of cleaning)…anywhere and everywhere. Often, when driving in the car, we belted out our favorite songs on the radio. We especially loved to sing songs by Elvis Presley. I, madly in love with him (as much as an eight-year old can be), remember asking my mom repeatedly at what age it is acceptable for us to marry. “Eighteen,” she replied. As a very literal eight-year old I fully expected for Elvis, when I turned the appropriate age, to arrive on my doorstep and carry me away to City Hall to get hitched. But it was not to be. My little heart broke the day he died.

The other day I had the opportunity to hear my wedding song, “Can’t Help Falling in Love” on a pair of Thiel speakers. http://www.thielaudio.com

It was as if Elvis sang directly to me, in front of me. The sound, rich, pure and uncolored, in perfect sound reproduction – the way Elvis intended it to be. In an instant I became that joyous eight-year old girl singing with my mom in the back seat of our blue Volkswagen station wagon. Clearly a quality recording coupled with high-end speakers can result in a lifelike reproduction of recorded music and an intense emotional experience.

I had an opportunity to spend an afternoon with the legendary audiophile Brad Paulsen, now National Sales Manager for Thiel. Mr. Paulsen with 33 years of audio expertise with companies including Sooloos and Meridian, explained why Thiel speakers are so unique. The company is engineering driven and is a true innovator in driver design, acoustical constriction techniques and crossover design. What does this mean? The company is directed toward one end: to provide the most realistic sound reproduction possible.

I think Elvis and my mom (G-d rest her soul) agree. Thiel succeeds in its mission. The King lives.

Thiel Audio designs and builds high performance loudspeakers for home music and home theater sound systems

03/13/2012

Take a look at our latest blog posting: http://intuitiveenvironments.com/intuitivelyspeaking/

There was a robbery in my neighborhood this week. Someone jimmied the lock on a French door on the side patio of a neighbor’s house. The robber went straight into the master bedroom’s walk-in closet and grabbed all the jewelry and electronics found. So imagine my surprise when Larry and I came h...

02/24/2012

Take a look at our latest blog posting: http://intuitiveenvironments.com/intuitivelyspeaking/

Spring is almost here…I can feel it everywhere. Colors are vibrant, skies are clearer and everything appears happier. So when the March issue of my favorite magazine, The Oprah Magazine, with its bright, peach cover came in the mail I began devouring it immediately. What amazing life changing tips w...

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