Cuisine. Culture. Commentary.
On Thursday, Scotland is voting to break from UK. The United Kingdom has been, well, united for over 300 years so this is kind of a big deal. Betty Boop did not just emerge from a cartoonist’s imagination. Did you know the inspiration for the animated sexpot was actually an African American woman? You know…
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Frankie Rowley describes herself as “temporizing.” Though she has steadily held a job as an aid worker in Africa, she never felt it was her true home. In search of something more permanent, she visits her family in New Hampshire, unsure if she will leave. The town of Pomeroy, New Hampshire is a sleepy town…
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If you’re a girl/woman/lady/female you have some sort of handbag with you at all times, but do you know the history of the thing that holds all of your most important items? I’ve always been a fan of hearing it like it is from my friends and I try to do them the same “courtesy”…
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I try my best not to curse but appreciate this chart depicting the evolution of swear words. A group of college guys is creating a nail polish that will change colors when it comes in contact with a drink that’s been drugged with Rohypnol or GHB. Though I’ve been lucky enough not to have been…
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If you ever want to read a classic but don’t want to devote all the time and brain power needed to digest a stuffy and old novel, I recommend a play. “Cyrano de Bergerac” was my choice when I found it in the discount bin at The Strand for $0.48 ($0.52 with tax – big…
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You’ve probably heard a lot about a kid named Michael Brown recently. Here’s what you need to know about the unarmed black teen who was shot by a police officer in a small Missouri town and the riots that have followed. The ALS ice bucket challenge has taken over everyone’s facebook feed. For those unfamiliar,…
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My sister in law has been referencing “Freakonomics” for years and even incorporates some of its chapters in her classroom. I finally decided to read for myself what makes the [somewhat boring] subject of economics so interesting and found it more enlightening than much of what I read as part of my college curriculum. Levitt…
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My boyfriend always works on his best man speech while he’s in the shower, but he’s not the only one who gets their best ideas while scrub a dub dubbing. Thanks to a state of mind called the default mode network, we really do get some of our best ideas in the shower. This handy…
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Carole Radziwill has become a household name thanks to her participation on the reality show “Real Housewives of New York City.” I have always found her to be the sane one on that show with a biting sense of humor. Maybe that’s because she doesn’t need Real Housewives to make her interesting so she doesn’t…
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I used to get so so many bug bites when I was little. My Mom said it was because I’m “just so sweet.” I believed it for a while but in the end recognize that moms just love spewing that kind of B.S. Here’s the real reason(s) mosquitos like some of us more than others.…
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Peaches to Apples 