This section is where anyone can share what they've discovered about our Portal that may help someone else. 12/5/22 post: Trying to get "Vegetable Blend Descriptions" on the Portal. Just over a year ago, a hardcopy packet from Dining was distributed to all residents with the then-new "5-week rotating menu" and a "Vegetable Blend Description" sheet that the Dining Committee requested. That description sheet explained some menu terminology. We've had several move-ins since then, and I don't know what information they're given in the first days they're here. Plus, some of us may not be able to find that sheet of paper of a year ago. Here's the information: 5 Way Blend: corn, peas, carrots, green beans, lima beans. Prince Edward Blend: green beans, wax beans, baby carrots. California Blend: broccoli, cauliflower florets, carrot coins. Cape Code Vegetables: broccoli, orange and yellow carrots, sugar snap peas, cranberries. Ratatouille: zucchini, squash, eggplant, tomatoes. Key Biscayne Blend: green beans, yellow and orange carrots, red peppers. Bermuda Vegetables: broccoli, green beans, carrots, peppers. Oriental Blend: broccoli, peppers, carrots, mushrooms, snow peas. Hoppin John: diced ham, peppers, black-eyed peas, rice. Jennifer Y. 12/4/22 post: How to get your bio on the Portal. The Resident Directory presents residents in alphbetical order. Let's say you'd like to know more about someone, maybe even before you first meet them in person. Read their bio by clicking on their name (under their photo on the Directory page). That is, you can read their bio only if they wrote one. I encourage everyone to write and submit their bio so that it's available. Just click on the "gear" icon (that usually means "settings") located on the far right of your screen. The form, special to you to fill out, will pop up. Just fill in the lines and boxes and click on "Update Profile." Voila! You never know -- if everyone does this, residents who went to the same grade school may find each other!! Jennifer Y. 12/4/22 post: How to find "The Week Ahead at TVAB" on the Portal. The publication called "The Week Ahead at TVAB" has two pages: The first is the week ahead's calendar; the second page is the Edith Street Cafe menu for that same week. Printed copies of these two pages are posted inside the apartment building's elevators. Residents with email addresses receive this publication via email. It's posted on the Portal also, where it's located under the "Documents" tab. Then click on "Newletters" to get a list of newsletter choices. Currently the history stack puts the most recent "The Week Ahead" at the bottom, so you must scroll down. I've asked Ashley D. if the history stack can put the most recent at the top, so we'll see. Just remember that the calendar page for "The Week Ahead" doesn't appear under Activities Calendar under the Life Enrichment tab, and the weekly menu doesn't appear as a menu under the Dining tab. Jennifer Y.