Weekend Reads v. 23.8.2024
This weekend I’m headed to Cleveland for the first time to attend a wedding. Somehow, I’m finding the city’s most impressive attraction to be the house from A Christmas Story. (!!) Who could have ever predicted the movie that was a low-budget fluke would turn into the massive thing it is today? What are your plans for the weekend?
From gimmick to lifesaving to party drug, here’s an article about how laughing gas changed the world.
“We’re not dating. We’re not seeing each other. We’re just talking.” More and more people aren’t getting past the pre-dating stage to start actually, well, dating.
Once upon a time, cilantro (aka coriander) was a staple of Italian cooking. A fifth-century Roman cookbook proves Italians were once in love with this herb.
Vivian Maier’s story has captured my attention since I first heard about a box of her film negatives being discovered at an auction in 2007. Maier took candid snapshots of people on the sidewalks of New York City and Chicago from th…
