diff --git a/reference/kiosk.md b/reference/kiosk.md
index a4e0ed5..24a0f16 100644
--- a/reference/kiosk.md
+++ b/reference/kiosk.md
@@ -21,8 +21,7 @@ look right at full 4K landscape. (Confirmed on-screen 2026-06-01.)
 <the-kiosk-page>
 The default page both screens show is `https://kiosk.vino.network` — an
 editorial wall-art homepage: a **live iOS-Weather-style animated sky** +
-live local-time clock (pinned `America/Chicago`) + current weather for
-55331 (Minnetrista) from `api.open-meteo.com` (the one external call). The
+live local-time clock + current weather from `api.open-meteo.com`. The
 sky is driven by the Open-Meteo `weather_code` (+ `wind_speed`) +
 `sunrise`/`sunset`: sun (clear/partly days) and moon (clear/partly nights)
 **arc across the sky by real time-of-day**, with a warm dawn/dusk horizon
@@ -42,6 +41,15 @@ Source repo: `websites/kiosk.vino.network` (clone at `~/code/git/code.fritzlab.n
 content in `html/`, served from Garage S3 via the standard site-publish flow
 (fritzlab `gitops.md` <static-sites>).
 
+<per-house-config>Location + house name are **query params on `KIOSK_URL`**, so
+one page serves any household: `?zip=<us-zip>&name=<House%20Name>`. `name` sets
+the eyebrow + tab title; `zip` is geocoded once at load (Zippopotam.us) → lat/lon
++ "City, State" place line, and Open-Meteo runs `timezone=auto` so the clock
+follows that zip's timezone. No params → Hawks Nest / Minnetrista 55331 /
+`America/Chicago` defaults (bad zip falls back to these too). To point a screen
+at a different house, set `KIOSK_URL=https://kiosk.vino.network/?zip=...&name=...`
+per pod via GitOps (see <change-page> for the apps-repo edit + hard-refresh).</per-house-config>
+
 **"Update the kiosk page" = edit the page content**, NOT the KIOSK_URL: edit
 `html/index.html` (or `404.html`) in that repo, commit + push to main → the
 `Publish` Gitea Action (site-publish) syncs to the bucket in ~30s. Verify with